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Hello all. When using Freeform, the entry_date field has a value of “1317062195”.
The documentation reads that it follows EE Date formatting so I am asking in this forum.

I understand EE date formatting as found here

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/date_variable_formatting.html

I just am not sure how to understand the date when written as “1317062195”.

I am trying to deduct the date/year from it.

Thanks
Rich

After writing this, I realized it may be a 10 digit unix time stamp that I am seeing. I will research that path of thinking now…

Hi Rich,

EE stores its date/time as a Unix time stamp which is in seconds. The number you are seeing is the number of seconds since Jan-1-1970. You have to use a date format to convert it to a proper date/time or if you are using PHP you need to use something like the Date() function. I hope that helps.

Mike

haha I knew it! I actually was just explaining “computer time” to my colleague. I had to use Jan 1, 1970 for some client-side date scripts and considered that it was the answer but expected the number to be higher. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the assist here Mike!

rwoodlevlane, is your issue all taken care of?

Thanks.

Yep. I apologize for not wrapping it up. Thanks to both of you!  This is resolved.
Rich

Glad to hear it Rich!

If you have any more questions, feel free to start a new thread.

Thanks!