Current year in epoch time

Robi_Me

I am using the below in Generate Attributes:

(date_get(date_now(),DATE_UNIT_YEAR)-1970)*31556926

Any idea why I am 9 hours and 44 minutes off from the start of the year?

Robi_Me

My formula is correct it is yielding the result I am looking for which is 52 years. 

jwpfau

Hi,

can you try Date To Numerical with time unit second and second relative to epoch?

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    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
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    <parameter key="logverbosity" value="init"/>
    <parameter key="random_seed" value="2001"/>
    <parameter key="send_mail" value="never"/>
    <parameter key="notification_email" value=""/>
    <parameter key="process_duration_for_mail" value="30"/>
    <parameter key="encoding" value="SYSTEM"/>
    <process expanded="true">
      <operator activated="true" class="utility:create_exampleset" compatibility="9.10.001" expanded="true" height="68" name="Create ExampleSet" width="90" x="45" y="34">
        <parameter key="generator_type" value="attribute functions"/>
        <parameter key="number_of_examples" value="1"/>
        <parameter key="use_stepsize" value="false"/>
        <list key="function_descriptions">
          <parameter key="date" value="date_now()"/>
        </list>
        <parameter key="add_id_attribute" value="false"/>
        <list key="numeric_series_configuration"/>
        <list key="date_series_configuration"/>
        <list key="date_series_configuration (interval)"/>
        <parameter key="date_format" value="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"/>
        <parameter key="time_zone" value="SYSTEM"/>
        <parameter key="column_separator" value=","/>
        <parameter key="parse_all_as_nominal" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="decimal_point_character" value="."/>
        <parameter key="trim_attribute_names" value="true"/>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="date_to_numerical" compatibility="9.10.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Date to Numerical" width="90" x="179" y="34">
        <parameter key="attribute_name" value="date"/>
        <parameter key="time_unit" value="second"/>
        <parameter key="millisecond_relative_to" value="second"/>
        <parameter key="second_relative_to" value="epoch"/>
        <parameter key="minute_relative_to" value="hour"/>
        <parameter key="hour_relative_to" value="day"/>
        <parameter key="day_relative_to" value="month"/>
        <parameter key="week_relative_to" value="year"/>
        <parameter key="month_relative_to" value="year"/>
        <parameter key="quarter_relative_to" value="year"/>
        <parameter key="half_year_relative_to" value="year"/>
        <parameter key="year_relative_to" value="era"/>
        <parameter key="keep_old_attribute" value="false"/>
      </operator>
      <connect from_op="Create ExampleSet" from_port="output" to_op="Date to Numerical" to_port="example set input"/>
      <connect from_op="Date to Numerical" from_port="example set output" to_port="result 1"/>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>

Greetings,
Jonas