[erlang-questions] Unix Epoch

[Roberto Ostinelli]

i would suggest:

unix_time() ->
	{M, S, _} = now(),
	M*1000000 + S.

r.

2010/5/2 Henning Diedrich <hd2010@REDACTED>:
> Hi,
>
> is there a better way to turn datetime into unix epoch seconds?
>
> unix_time({Date,Time}) ->
>
>   UnixEpoch = {{1970,1,1},{0,0,0}},
>   calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds({Date,Time}) -
> calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds(UnixEpoch).
>
> Gregorian seconds down to year 0 might be a costly calculation I though.
>
> Thanks!
> Henning
>



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