Utils
Convert timestamp to milliseconds since epoch
- cognite.client.utils.timestamp_to_ms(timestamp: int | float | str | datetime) int
Returns the ms representation of some timestamp given by milliseconds, time-ago format or datetime object
- Parameters
timestamp (int | float | str | datetime) – Convert this timestamp to ms.
- Returns
Milliseconds since epoch representation of timestamp
- Return type
int
Convert milliseconds since epoch to datetime
- cognite.client.utils.ms_to_datetime(ms: int | float) datetime
Converts valid Cognite timestamps, i.e. milliseconds since epoch, to datetime object.
- Parameters
ms (int | float) – Milliseconds since epoch.
- Raises
ValueError – On invalid Cognite timestamps.
- Returns
Aware datetime object in UTC.
- Return type
datetime
Convert datetime to milliseconds since epoch
- cognite.client.utils.datetime_to_ms(dt: 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
int