# Compiling Date and Time to a readable value
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803
**Category:** General
**Created:** [7 June 2021 10:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803 "2021-06-07T10:03:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@swanside](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/swanside)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 10:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/1 "2021-06-07T10:03:58Z")
Hello again
I can get the minutes, Seconds Hours, day, month and year from my device, but I cant figure out how to make it readable. Any pointers please? Thanks
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 10:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/2 "2021-06-07T10:12:48Z")
- Change the buffer parser to output a single value (disable fan out) & set the output type to `key/value`
- Connect it to a function node containing...
```auto
const d = new Date(msg.payload.Year, msg.payload.Month-1, msg.payload.Day, msg.payload.Hour, msg.payload.Minutes, msg.payload.Seconds);
msg.payload = d
return msg;
```
See: [Date - JavaScript | MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date#examples)
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### Author:  [@swanside](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/swanside)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 11:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/3 "2021-06-07T11:52:55Z")
Cheers Steve.
Did this in the end, gives me just what I need so I dont have to visit the site. Cheers
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/4 "2021-06-07T12:06:33Z")
You do realise that that isnt actually using the time from your modbus data right?
this is not how you use a typedInput...
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### Author:  [@swanside](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/swanside)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 12:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/5 "2021-06-07T12:18:20Z")
Yeh, I just realized that now 🙂
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### Author:  [@swanside](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/swanside)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 12:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/6 "2021-06-07T12:22:48Z")
So in the example you gave me, `const d = new Date(msg.payload.Year, msg.payload.Month-1, msg.payload.Day, msg.payload.Hour, msg.payload.Minutes, msg.payload.Seconds); msg.payload = d return msg;`
Do I need to change the payloads to suite my output.
So I would have msg.payload.minute, msg.payload.second, and so on?
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/7 "2021-06-07T12:24:02Z")
> [@swanside](#):
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> So I would have msg.payload.minute, msg.payload.second, and so on?
Well, since you already had that
> [@swanside](#):
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I wrote a solution to suite...
> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
>
> - Change the buffer parser to output a single value (disable fan out) & set the output type to `key/value`
> - Connect it to a function node containing...
>
> ```auto
> const d = new Date(msg.payload.Year, msg.payload.Month-1, msg.payload.Day, msg.payload.Hour, msg.payload.Minutes, msg.payload.Seconds);
> msg.payload = d
> return msg;
>
> ```
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### Author:  [@swanside](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/swanside)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 13:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/8 "2021-06-07T13:07:13Z")
> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
>
> ```auto
> const d = new Date(msg.payload.Year, msg.payload.Month-1, msg.payload.Day, msg.payload.Hour, msg.payload.Minutes, msg.payload.Seconds);
> msg.payload = d
> return msg;
>
> ```
So Sorry.
I get you now. I now have changed it and now it makes sense to me.
Thank you so much for your help.
I guess I need to visit site
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### Author:  [@swanside](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/swanside)
#### Post date: [7 June 2021 13:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/9 "2021-06-07T13:46:59Z")
Now its correct
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [6 August 2021 13:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/compiling-date-and-time-to-a-readable-value/46803/10 "2021-08-06T13:47:44Z")
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