Jq "now" function time representation

[Pablo]

Hi,

I'm using jq "now" function to complete a parameter in a Serverless Workflow.

I was expecting "now" to return an integer representing the time miliseconds Unix Epoch, but I get an exponential represented number  (1.701165821E9).

Is there any function/setting to get this as an integer?

BR

[Alberto Fanjul Alonso]

Hope this helps:

from this input timers-raw.json:
```
{
  "timer-instance" : [ {
    "name" : "",
    "id" : 1,
    "timer-id" : 0,
    "activation-time" : {
  "java.util.Date" : 1701170556010
},
    "last-fire-time" : null,
    "next-fire-time" : {
  "java.util.Date" : 1701170736010
},
    "delay" : 180000,
    "period" : 0,
    "repeat-limit" : -1,
    "process-instance-id" : 1,
    "session-id" : 2
  } ]
}
```

```
jq '.["timer-instance"][] | .["activation-time"]["java.util.Date"]|=(./1000 | strflocaltime("%F %T"))|.["next-fire-time"]["java.util.Date"]|=(./1000 | strflocaltime("%F %T"))' timers-raw.json
{
  "name": "",
  "id": 1,
  "timer-id": 0,
  "activation-time": {
    "java.util.Date": "2023-11-28 12:22:36"
  },
  "last-fire-time": null,
  "next-fire-time": {
    "java.util.Date": "2023-11-28 12:25:36"
  },
  "delay": 180000,
  "period": 0,
  "repeat-limit": -1,
  "process-instance-id": 1,
  "session-id": 2
}
```

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[Alberto Fanjul Alonso]

Sorry probably misunderstood the question: You just can remove precision:

$ echo '""' | jq 'now'
1701171044.935852
$ echo '""' | jq 'now|floor'
1701171046

[Pablo]

Thank you very much.

You are right, first example expression transforms all the  milliseconds to dates, and in my case I would need the opposite.

I tried using fromdate, todateiso8601 and then fromdateiso8601 again but logs report those functions are not available.

I already tried floor, but I get the same value as the input. Quite strange

I execute this expression not in a console but inside Serverless Workflow  filter.

For example:  timestamp: (now|floor) returns also 1.701165821E9

I don't know if it is a representation problem or what, but it does not work for me.

I could do (timestamp /1000)|floor and I get 1701165.0 but is still float and I need an integer. Anyway the time would be incorrect.

I tried round and also nearbyint and both report error in the logs.

Best regards