Convert Epoch to a Time

Last updated on Jun 30, 2023
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Definition: fromEpochToTime(epoch: int) → datetime.time
Description: Converts an epoch value in milliseconds to a Python time object.
The value is ingested in Hevo as a string. However, it is loaded to the Destination as a timestamp object, as indicated by the timestamp datatype in the Transformation output.
Note: The attributes of a time object include: hour, minute, and second. Example: datetime.time(15, 30, 45, 500000)
Parameters: epoch: The timestamp value in milliseconds to convert.
Returns: The converted value as a time object.

The following script takes an epoch value as an argument and returns a time object.

from io.hevo.api import Event
from io.hevo.api import TimeUtils


def transform(event):

    # Get properties from the Event #
    epoch = <value in milliseconds>
    <dateObject> = TimeUtils.fromEpochToTime(<epoch>)
    return event

Sample Transformation

The following script transforms the epoch value (in milliseconds) stored in the millis field into a time object by utilizing the fromEpochToTime(int: epoch) method, and returns the result in the neweventtime field.

from io.hevo.api import Event
from io.hevo.api import TimeUtils

def transform(event):

    # Get properties from the Event #
    eventName = event.getEventName()
    properties = event.getProperties()
    epoch = properties["millis"]
        properties['neweventtime'] = TimeUtils.fromEpochToTime(epoch)
        return event

Sample Output

The epoch time 1672987516206 is converted to a time object with value 06:45:16 and added in the neweventtime field.

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