Utils¶

Convert timestamp to milliseconds since epoch¶

cognite.client.utils.timestamp_to_ms(timestamp: Union[int, float, str, datetime.datetime]) → int¶

Returns the ms representation of some timestamp given by milliseconds, time-ago format or datetime object

Parameters:	timestamp (Union[int, float, str, datetime]) – Convert this timestamp to ms.
Returns:	Milliseconds since epoch representation of timestamp
Return type:	int

cognite.client.utils.ms_to_datetime(ms: Union[int, float]) → datetime.datetime¶

Converts valid Cognite timestamps, i.e. milliseconds since epoch, to datetime object.

Parameters:	ms (Union[int, float]) – Milliseconds since epoch.
Raises:	`ValueError` – On invalid Cognite timestamps.
Returns:	Aware datetime object in UTC.
Return type:	datetime

cognite.client.utils.datetime_to_ms(dt: datetime.datetime) → int¶

Converts a datetime object to milliseconds since epoch.

Parameters:	dt (datetime) – Naive or aware datetime object. Naive datetimes are interpreted as local time.
Returns:	Milliseconds since epoch (negative for time prior to 1970-01-01)
Return type:	ms