converting a number to a date

[Hunter Walker]

My XML request returned a date field as a "string" with the value of
1158364800000
Does Ruby have a function to turn this into a date?

Thank you!

 

[WATANABE Hirofumi]

Hi,

My XML request returned a date field as a "string" with the value of
1158364800000
Does Ruby have a function to turn this into a date?

% ruby -e 'p Time.at("1158364800000".to_i / 1000.0).utc'
Sat, Sep 16 2006 00:00:00 +0000

 

[Hunter Walker]

Hi,



% ruby -e 'p Time.at("1158364800000".to_i / 1000.0).utc'
Sat, Sep 16 2006 00:00:00 +0000

This helps a lot. Thank you!


Now we'll see if I can do some math with it.

 

[Kevin Olbrich]

My XML request returned a date field as a "string" with the value of
1158364800000
Does Ruby have a function to turn this into a date?

Thank you!

You can, if you have any idea how that date is being encoded. It
doesn't seem like a timestamp, and it's not the format a Date or
DateTime object uses.

_Kevin
www.sciwerks.com

 

[Hunter Walker]

You can, if you have any idea how that date is being encoded. It
doesn't seem like a timestamp, and it's not the format a Date or
DateTime object uses.

_Kevin
www.sciwerks.com

What format do I need for the Date or DateTime object?

 

[Kevin Olbrich]

What format do I need for the Date or DateTime object?

There are a number of ways to parse dates and times. The most basic
would be to use a unix timestamp (integer) and then just use the
Time.at(value) function.

you can also use ParseDate, or DateTime.parse, or the Chronic gem.

I guess my real question is:
What does "1158364800000" represent? It is unlike any time format I've seen.


_Kevin
www.sciwerks.com