Export format: What kind of timestamp is the data?

[matthiasbeyer]

Hey,

I want to use the data I can export with the export functionality to create some graphics for my walking behaviour. Though I don't know what kind of timestamp you are using. It is not Unix timestamp, as this

$ date --date "@1454281200000"
So 3. Mai 10:00:00 CEST 48054

shows (1454281200000 is a timestamp from the export).

What kind of timestamp are you using?

[j4velin]

Milliseconds since 1970

[matthiasbeyer]

Why would you pick such a weird export format? Why not simple <YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>? Is there any technical reason for this?

[j4velin]

I dont think it weirder than any other date format. I mean, you nearly got it right when tried it as a seconds since epoch format to begin with

[matthiasbeyer]

Yes, but it is neither Unix timestamp nor any other ... known format. I'd expect at least unix timestamp when seeing such values... but instead I had to ask here how to parse my data...

[ogr3]

It's a known format. It's a Java standard timestamp (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#currentTimeMillis())