unix-timestamp

How do I deserialize timestamps that are in seconds with Jackson?

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I wrote a custom deserializer to handle timestamps in seconds (Groovy syntax). class UnixTimestampDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<DateTime> { Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UnixTimestampDeserializer.class) @Override DateTime deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException { String timestamp = jp.getText().trim() try { return new DateTime(Long.valueOf(timestamp + ‘000’)) } catch (NumberFormatException e) { logger.warn(‘Unable to deserialize timestamp: ‘ + timestamp, e) … Read more

Parsing unix time in C#

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Simplest way is probably to use something like: private static readonly DateTime Epoch = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc); … public static DateTime UnixTimeToDateTime(string text) { double seconds = double.Parse(text, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); return Epoch.AddSeconds(seconds); } Three things to note: If your strings are definitely of the form “x.y” rather than “x,y” you should … Read more

How to get Unix timestamp in php based on timezone

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The answer provided by Volkerk (that says timestamps are meant to be always UTC based) is correct, but if you really need a workaround (to make timezone based timestamps) look at my example. <?php //default timezone $date = new DateTime(null); echo ‘Default timezone: ‘.$date->getTimestamp().'<br />’.”\r\n”; //America/New_York $date = new DateTime(null, new DateTimeZone(‘America/New_York’)); echo ‘America/New_York: ‘.$date->getTimestamp().'<br … Read more

How to convert a String to long in javascript?

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JavaScript has a Number type which is a 64 bit floating point number*. If you’re looking to convert a string to a number, use either parseInt or parseFloat. If using parseInt, I’d recommend always passing the radix too. use the Unary + operator e.g. +”123456″ use the Number constructor e.g. var n = Number(“12343”) *there … Read more