Synopsis:

Returns the epoch of the arbitrary date/time string structured as described in the format.

Description:

STRPTIME(<datetime>|<timezone>|<format>)
This is useful for converting a date into an EPOCH time, possibly to pass to an application like SayUnixTime or to calculate the difference between two date strings.

Notes

• *CLI> show function STRPTIME

Return value

Returns the string representing the unix time in seconds since the beginning of the epoch (Jan 1st, 1970)

Example

exten => s,1,Set(foo=${STRPTIME(2006-03-01 07:30:35|America/Chicago|%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S)}
should set foo to the value "1141219835"

See also

• Asterisk func STRFTIME
• Asterisk func TIMEOUT: Set one of three type of timeouts for a call
• Asterisk cmd SayUnixTime: Say date and time
• Asterisk variables
• Asterisk functions

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