Timezone Converter Handler
Handler to convert a given timezone and generate timestamps
This handler serves two purposes:
Converts Date & Time (object/string) from one time zone to another timezone.
Generates a timestamp for a given Date & Time (object/string).
The three options available in this Handler are explained in detail below:
1. Timezone Converter
The Timezone Converter converts a date-time input in a particular timezone to any selected timezone. The following tables list down the steps to configure the Timezone Converter Handler for two types of Output:
Output
Datetime Object Output
Input
(i) For String Input:
Select String under the “Enter Date Time” field and give your input.
Enter Input Date Format for String Input (Refer to the table below).
Choose From Timezone and To Timezone from the drop-down list.
(ii) For date-time input:
Select Non-String under the “Enter Date Time” field and give your input.
Choose From Timezone and To Timezone from the drop-down list.
Output
2. String Output
Input
(i) For String Input:
Select String under the “Enter Date Time” field and give your input.
Enter Input Date Format for String Input by referring to the table below.
Enter Output Date Format for String Output by referring to the table below.
Choose From Timezone and To Timezone from the drop-down list.
(ii) For date-time input:
Select Non-String under the “Enter Date Time” field and give your input.
Choose From Timezone and To Timezone from the drop-down list.
2. Timestamp Generator
Generate timestamps from a date inputted previously (MM/DD/YYYY) to the entered Date and Time.
(i) For String Input
Select String under the “Enter Date Time” field and give your input
Enter Input Date Format for String Input by referring to the table below
Choose the input time zone from the drop-down in the “From timezone” field.
(ii) For date-time input:
Select Non-String under the “Enter Date Time” field and give your input.
Choose the input time zone from the drop-down in the “From timezone” field.
Consider this date for example, Saturday, 27 January 2018, 10:30:00.012345 AM +0530
The following formats are supported:
Format
Value
Description
%d
27
numerical representation of day
%a
Sat
short alphabetical representation of day
%A
Saturday
alphabetical representation of day
%m
01
numerical representation of month
%b
Jan
short alphabetical representation of month
%B
January
alphabetical representation of month
%y
18
short representation of year
%Y
2018
numerical representation of year
%H
10
hour
%M
30
minute
%f
012345
microseconds
%p
AM
meridiem
%z
+0530
timezone offset
Examples for reference
Input
Format
2021-05-27 01:30:00 PM
%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %p
2021-05-12T09:46:47-0400
%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:16:55 +0000
%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z
2018-01-27T13:34:25.518993+0530
%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z
Modifier: Datetime to Timestamp Modifier
This Modifier is used to provide the timestamp starting from <MM/DD/YYYY> to a given Date & Time input.
Give the input as a string
In the Parameters field, pass the string format using the table
Provide the timezone of the user input
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