--- title: Utilities - DateTime source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/workflow-automation/setup-and-configure/actions-catalog/utils/utils-datetime --- This page provides a comprehensive reference for utilities - datetime available in the workflow automation actions catalog. These actions enable you to date and time utilities. ## Convert an epoch to date/time [#utils-datetime-fromEpoch] This action is used to transform from epoch timestamp to date/time. Possible references: - - Refer [fromEpoch](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html) for more information. ### Inputs | Input | Type | Description | | ----------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **timestamp** | **Required.** Int | An integer representing epoch timestamp. **Note**: _UNIX epochs are the number of seconds after 1st Jan 1970, midnight UTC (00:00)_ | | **timestampUnit** | **Optional.** string | A string representing unit of provided timestamp. Acceptable values: `SECONDS`, `MILLISECONDS(DEFAULT)` | | **timezoneId** | **Optional.** String | A string representing timezone for desired date/time, default: UTC For more information on supported zoneIds refer: [ZoneId (Java Platform SE 8 )](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/ZoneId.html) | | **pattern** | **Optional.** String | A string representing pattern for desired datetime, default: `ISO-8601` For more information on supported patterns refer: [DateTimeFormatter (Java Platform SE 8 )](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html) | | **selectors** | **Optional.** List | The selectors to get the only specified parameters as output. | ### Outputs | Field | Datatype | Description | | | ---------------- | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | **date** | **Required.** String | A string representation of date. | | | **time** | **Required.** String | A string representation of time. | | | **datetime** | **Required.** String | A string representation of datetime. | | | **timezone** | **Required.** Map | A map representation of timezoneId and abbreviation. | | | **success** | | Boolean | Status of the request | | **errorMessage** | | String | Failure reason as message | ### Example | Example | Workflow Input | Outputs | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | ```yaml name: from_epoch workflowInputs: timestamp: type: Int timestampUnit: type: String timezoneId: type: String pattern: type: String steps: - name: epochTime type: action action: utils.datetime.fromEpoch version: 1 inputs: timestamp: ${{ .workflowInputs.timestamp }} timezoneId: ${{ .workflowInputs.timezoneId }} pattern: ${{ .workflowInputs.pattern }} timestampUnit: ${{ .workflowInputs.timestampUnit }} selectors: - name: date expression: ".date" - name: time expression: ".time" - name: datetime expression: ".datetime" - name: timezone expression: ".timezone" ``` | ```yaml mutation { autoflowsStartWorkflowRun( accountId: 11933347 definition: { name: "from_epoch" } workflowInputs: [ {key: "timestamp", value: "1738236424003"} {key: "timestampUnit", value: "MILLISECONDS"} {key: "pattern", value: "yyyy-mm-dd HH:SS"} {key: "timezoneId", value: "Asia/Kolkata"} ] ) { runId } } ``` | ```yaml { "success": true "date": "2025-01-30", "time": "16:57:04.003" "datetime": "2025-57-30 16:00", "timezone": { "abbreviation": "IST", "id": "Asia/Kolkata" } } ``` |