I got these lines in a function to check for the presence of a sensor: var t = new Date(msg.payload.attr.lastseen); var t0 = new Date(); nmsg.payload.diff = (t0 - t) / 1000; So .diff is the time difference in seconds. In Javascript you should be able to do some arithmetic operations with Date obje…

Thanks, that thread was helpful. Simple double brackets did not help but a construction like var t = Date.parse(msg.payload.lastupdated); var t0 = Number(new Date()); did the job :wink: I hope this bug in the Monaco editor is corrected sometime..

UnborN 9 December 2021 09:16 2

Hello Haegar,

read this thread that i think is related

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