Get Time

Category: Date / Time

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

Input / output: string → number

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

What it does

Generates a timestamp showing the amount of time since the UNIX epoch (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC). Uses the W3C High Resolution Time API.

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`	Granularity	`option`	`'Milliseconds (ms)'`	`'Seconds (s)'`, `'Milliseconds (ms)'`, `'Microseconds (μs)'`, `'Nanoseconds (ns)'`

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 = ['Milliseconds (ms)']
result = bake(input_value, [{"op": 'Get Time', "args": args}])
print(result)

Pipeline example

from pychef import Pipeline

args = ['Milliseconds (ms)']
transform = Pipeline().then('Get Time', *args)
result = transform("example")

Dedicated operation module

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

from pychef.operations.by_operation.get_time import run

result = run("example", tuple(['Milliseconds (ms)']))

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

Run this operation using its shared internal implementation.

Parameters:

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

Return type:

str | bytes