To UNIX Timestamp

Category: Date / Time

Status: Registered and callable in the CyberChef 11.3.0 compatibility inventory.

Input / output: string → string

Background: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

What it does

Parses a datetime string in UTC and returns the corresponding UNIX timestamp. e.g. Mon 1 January 2001 11:00:00 becomes 978346800 A UNIX timestamp is a 32-bit value representing the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC (the UNIX epoch).

Note

Status here means the operation name is implemented and callable. It does not by itself promise byte-for-byte parity for every upstream option. See Compatibility and current status for the verified scope and known boundaries.

Arguments and options

Arguments are positional. Keep their order when using bake() or Pipeline.then().

Index	Name	UI type	PyChef default	Accepted values / format
`0`	Units	`option`	`'Seconds (s)'`	`'Seconds (s)'`, `'Milliseconds (ms)'`, `'Microseconds (μs)'`, `'Nanoseconds (ns)'`
`1`	Treat as UTC	`boolean`	`True`	`True` or `False`
`2`	Show parsed datetime	`boolean`	`True`	`True` or `False`

Recipe template

Important

This is a call template built from the documented defaults. Replace placeholder values such as empty keys, paths, patterns, or lookup data before running it.

from pychef import bake

input_value = "example"
args = ['Seconds (s)', True, True]
result = bake(input_value, [{"op": 'To UNIX Timestamp', "args": args}])
print(result)

Pipeline example

from pychef import Pipeline

args = ['Seconds (s)', True, True]
transform = Pipeline().then('To UNIX Timestamp', *args)
result = transform("example")

Direct call

pychef.ops.run_operation runs any registered operation as a plain function, under the active ExecutionPolicy (safe defaults, no network):

from pychef.ops import run_operation

args = ['Seconds (s)', True, True]
result = run_operation('To UNIX Timestamp', "example", args=args)

Common operations also have typed helpers in Direct operations.

Low-level operation module

Warning

The module below is an internal implementation detail. It applies no execution policy, resource limits, or error sanitization; prefer bake(), Pipeline, or pychef.ops for application code.

The registered entry point lives in pychef.operations.by_operation.to_unix_timestamp. Direct calls receive the input value and a positional argument tuple:

from pychef.operations.by_operation.to_unix_timestamp import run

result = run("example", tuple(['Seconds (s)', True, True]))

pychef.operations.by_operation.to_unix_timestamp.run(value, args)

Run this operation using its shared internal implementation.

Parameters:

value (str | bytes)
args (Sequence[Any])

Return type:

str | bytes