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Epoch time convertor function module

Former Member — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:27:08 GMT

Hi All,

Do we have any function module to conver epoch time.

Epoch time means

The Unix epoch (or Unix time or POSIX time or Unix timestamp) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap seconds (in ISO 8601: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z). Literally speaking the epoch is Unix time 0 (midnight 1/1/1970)

For more details refer

http://www.epochconverter.com/

Regards

Murali.K

Re: Epoch time convertor function module

kesavadas_thekkillath — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:39:53 GMT

Hi,

Cant we build the logic by finding the number of seconds by subtracting the current date with 1.1.1970. ?

Kesav

Re: Epoch time convertor function module

Former Member — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:45:14 GMT

Hi,

I dont know ABAP, can you please help me if you can give the code.

Regards

Murali.K

Re: Epoch time convertor function module

kesavadas_thekkillath — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:53:05 GMT

Hi,

I searched and got the Unix commnd to get the Epoch time stamp, its date +%s

There are some methods to execute the unix command which i know but I am not sure of any methods which returns the value of the executed command.

I got this syntax from some links and done some modifications which you can try, i have not checked it


types:begin of ty,
line(200), 
end of ty.
data:it type tale of ty.
data: COMMAND(1000) type c. 

command = 'date +%s'
CALL 'SYSTEM' ID 'COMMAND' FIELD COMMAND 
ID 'TAB' FIELD it-*SYS*.

Check the internal table it.

Please note that i have not tested it.

kesav

Re: Epoch time convertor function module

RaymondGiuseppi — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:43:29 GMT

Look at standard FM RKE_TIMESTAMP_CONVERT_INPUT and RKE_TIMESTAMP_CONVERT_OUTPUT, those convert FM refer to a zero date

DATA: REL_DATE            LIKE SY-DATUM  VALUE '19900101', " Bezugsdatum

You could copy the Function group and FM and change this value for '19700101' in the copied FG, or use those FM and add/remove the number of seconds between first day of 1970 and 1990. (20 years, 7305 days, 175320 hours so 631152000 seconds)

~~Don't~~ forget also that some days are 86401 sec long and not 86400 ([leap seconds|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_seconds])...

Regards,

Raymond

Re: Epoch time convertor function module

Ashok-Kumar-M — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:52:22 GMT

Hi All,

Use the below code to get UTC timestamp in seconds.

DATA: LV_TIME_UTC TYPE I.

CALL 'ALERTS' ID 'ADMODE' FIELD 20

ID 'OPCODE' FIELD 30

ID 'ACT_TIME' FIELD LV_TIME_UTC.

WRITE: LV_TIME_UTC. "in seconds. (seconds since Jan-01-1970).

Best Regards,

Ashok.