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Convert Dates

MichaelHarks
5 - Atom

Hello alteryx comunity,

 

I get a timestamp from SAP that looks like this: 9103884200000 the output should look like this: 06.11.2018 23:40:20.

I have already tried many solutions but unfortunately without success :/.

 

BR,

Michael

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Nick-C
Alteryx
Alteryx

Hi @MichaelHarks ,

I've done a bit of research and think I've solved this for you! 

SAP appears to output dates as the number of seconds from 1990-01-01 so we can calculate using that. The other requirement though,  is to divide your date by 10,000 (not sure why but seems to work - https://answers.sap.com/questions/3533599/index.html)

So :
- Create a DateTime field of 1990-01-01 00:00:00
- Divide your date by 10,000

- DateTimeAdd( [TheCreatedDate], [Your Date / 10,000], "Seconds")

I've put a screenshot below, hopefully this helps - if it does please mark this solution as 'Solved' :)

 

I get a different hour result - likely due to timezone, I'm hoping this won't happen for you but if it does you could do another datetimeadd for the hours! 

 

NickC_1-1657874243805.png

 

MichaelHarks
5 - Atom

thanks for the quick help it works

Nick-C
Alteryx
Alteryx

Hi @MichaelHarks 
No problem at all - glad it works! Would you mind marking it as 'solved'? This way other users can find it easily if they run into the same issue! 

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