# How to convert time format in this node
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135
**Category:** General
**Tags:** function-node
**Created:** [3 May 2022 17:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135 "2022-05-03T17:16:59Z")
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### Author:  [@SammyJang](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SammyJang)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 17:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/1 "2022-05-03T17:16:59Z")
Hello, I'm a grad student of mechanical engineering. Now I'm working on a project that is related to programming using Node-Red.
I'm having a little problem in the function node which is I cannot convert the existing time stamp format to more human readable format. I was following the Node-Red essential video, but I'm stuck in this section. I put a code in the function node, but it doesn't work in the debug node.
Any advices will be very helpful to me. Thank you so much!
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 17:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/2 "2022-05-03T17:36:51Z")
Is that thee dots after the equals? Try removing them.
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### Author:  [@SammyJang](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SammyJang)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 17:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/3 "2022-05-03T17:55:35Z")
Oh nah that's just for showing the code in one screen shot. Original code has no three dots
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 18:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/4 "2022-05-03T18:06:01Z")
Well what you have (minus the `...` is valid.
Here is proof in a REPL...
are you looking at the debug from before or after the function? (show us your flow)
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### Author:  [@edje11](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edje11)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 18:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/5 "2022-05-03T18:28:32Z")
Click in the debug window on the blue timestamp and see what happens, you will get human readable output.
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### Author:  [@SammyJang](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SammyJang)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 19:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/6 "2022-05-03T19:33:33Z")
OMG I made a baaaaad mistake. I didn't put my node after the function... Thank you!
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### Author:  [@SammyJang](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SammyJang)
#### Post date: [3 May 2022 19:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/7 "2022-05-03T19:33:49Z")
Yes! This is working too. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [17 May 2022 19:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-convert-time-format-in-this-node/62135/8 "2022-05-17T19:34:08Z")
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