# Converting epoch time
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858
**Category:** General
**Created:** [7 April 2019 09:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858 "2019-04-07T09:36:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Sirhc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sirhc)
#### Post date: [7 April 2019 09:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858/1 "2019-04-07T09:36:04Z")
Hello
I have the following code in a function node. I am trying to convert string\_lastseen into a readable format (string\_lastseen = 1554625504). But the date function keeps returning what looks like the current time/date for the AWS machine it is running on.
How do you represent the above mentioned string in a readable date format? Is there a function for this?
```auto
var string_lastseen = Object.values(msg.payload.Items[msg.payload.ScannedCount -1].Time);
var lastseen = Number(string_lastseen)+72000000;
var lastseenpayload = Date(lastseen);
msg.payload = lastseenpayload;
return msg;
```
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [7 April 2019 10:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858/2 "2019-04-07T10:20:21Z")
take a look at [node-red-contrib-moment](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-moment)
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### Author:  [@jtmoderate876](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jtmoderate876)
#### Post date: [7 April 2019 13:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858/3 "2019-04-07T13:11:12Z")
So from: [https://www.epochconverter.com/](https://www.epochconverter.com/)
the value 1554625504
in epoch SECONDS represents GMT: Sunday, April 7, 2019 8:25:04 AM
(I imagine that is what you are going for)
and perhaps you would like to add two hours (hence the 7200,000?)
to get that in your node-red function node (javascript) you can do:
var string\_lastseen = "1554625504";
var lastseen = 7200000+Number(string\_lastseen)\*1000;//convert from seconds to milliseconds
and add 2 hours
msg.payload = (new Date(lastseen)).toUTCString();
return msg;
Is that sort of what you are going for?
```auto
Here is the snippet:
[
{
"id": "d0d30a38.451ae8",
"type": "tab",
"label": "Temp",
"disabled": false,
"info": ""
},
{
"id": "943a111f.ec936",
"type": "inject",
"z": "d0d30a38.451ae8",
"name": "",
"topic": "",
"payload": "",
"payloadType": "date",
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": false,
"onceDelay": 0.1,
"x": 100,
"y": 160,
"wires": [
[
"b3d73c8e.3c21"
]
]
},
{
"id": "db9500c2.5a57b",
"type": "debug",
"z": "d0d30a38.451ae8",
"name": "",
"active": true,
"tosidebar": true,
"console": false,
"tostatus": false,
"complete": "false",
"x": 490,
"y": 160,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "b3d73c8e.3c21",
"type": "function",
"z": "d0d30a38.451ae8",
"name": "",
"func": "var string_lastseen = \"1554625504\";\nvar lastseen = 7200000+Number(string_lastseen)*1000;//convert from seconds to milliseconds and add 2 hours\nmsg.payload = (new Date(lastseen)).toUTCString();\nreturn msg;",
"outputs": 1,
"noerr": 0,
"x": 290,
"y": 160,
"wires": [
[
"db9500c2.5a57b"
]
]
}
]
```
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### Author:  [@mshaz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mshaz)
#### Post date: [10 July 2020 13:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858/4 "2020-07-10T13:09:34Z")
Hi,
Thanks for the codes. I m getting data from Sigfox device but the issue is that am in GMT+8 time zone. How do I fix the codes?
Thank you
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [10 July 2020 13:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858/5 "2020-07-10T13:25:09Z")
> [@mshaz](#):
>
> How do I fix the codes?
This is a 1 year old thread and you have supplied far too little information for anyone to really provide you any good help.
Can you please begin a new thread with a relevant title and some examples of your issue, with real numbers, what you get and what you expect to get.
cheers.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [10 July 2020 13:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-epoch-time/9858/6 "2020-07-10T13:25:13Z")