convert date and time to lua seconds

[Jay Ess 6]

I am trying to convert 21 march 2019 midnight to lua time

 

can anyone guide me on how to do this please?

[ppeterr 206]

{

  conditions = { {

      isTrigger = true,

      operator = "match",

      property = "cron",

      type = "date",

      value = { "00", "00", "21", "3", "*", "2019" }

    } },

  operator = "all"

}

 

What i did, is make a block declaration. And converted that to lua

You probably need something else...but well.

 

What do you mean with lua seconds.

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by ppeterr

[SmartHomeEddy 1,005]

Or if you want to convert a string like “21 march 2019 midnight” to something more like date/time, here are some examples how to handle that in lua:

 

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[Jay Ess 6]

thank you, used

os.time({year=year, month=month, day=day, hour=hour, minute=00})

and defining the date and time etc that i want to work with.

 

am i correct that lua time starts from 1/1/1970 1:00:00?

[SmartHomeEddy 1,005]

The unix timestamp starts at 1970 and counts with seconds from there, see: 

 

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But I do not fully understand what you want to do. Do you get the “21 March 2019 midnight” back from an API or so?