into datetime for conversions

Convert text or timestamp into a datetime.

Signature

> into datetime {flags} ...rest

Flags

• --timezone, -z {string}: Specify timezone if the input is a Unix timestamp. Valid options: 'UTC' ('u') or 'LOCAL' ('l')
• --offset, -o {int}: Specify timezone by offset from UTC if the input is a Unix timestamp, like '+8', '-4'
• --format, -f {string}: Specify expected format of INPUT string to parse to datetime. Use --list to see options
• --list, -l: Show all possible variables for use in --format flag

Parameters

• ...rest: for a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths

Input/output types:

input	output
int	datetime
list<string>	list<datetime>
record	record
string	datetime
table	table

Examples

Convert any standard timestamp string to datetime

> '27.02.2021 1:55 pm +0000' | into datetime
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:55:00 +0000 (2 years ago)

Convert any standard timestamp string to datetime

> '2021-02-27T13:55:40.2246+00:00' | into datetime
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:55:40 +0000 (2 years ago)

Convert non-standard timestamp string to datetime using a custom format

> '20210227_135540+0000' | into datetime --format '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S%z'
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:55:40 +0000 (2 years ago)

Convert nanosecond-precision unix timestamp to a datetime with offset from UTC

> 1614434140123456789 | into datetime --offset -5
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:55:40 +0000 (2 years ago)

Convert standard (seconds) unix timestamp to a UTC datetime

> 1614434140 * 1_000_000_000 | into datetime
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:55:40 +0000 (2 years ago)

Convert list of timestamps to datetimes

> ["2023-03-30 10:10:07 -05:00", "2023-05-05 13:43:49 -05:00", "2023-06-05 01:37:42 -05:00"] | into datetime
╭───┬──────────────╮
│ 0 │ 7 months ago │
│ 1 │ 6 months ago │
│ 2 │ 5 months ago │
╰───┴──────────────╯