mktime

datetime

Creates a timestamp from date and time components

Syntax

mktime(year, month, day, hour?, min?, sec?)

year (number)

The year (e.g., 2024)

month (number)

The month (1-12)

day (number)

The day of the month (1-31)

hour (number) optional

The hour (0-23)

min (number) optional

The minute (0-59)

sec (number) optional

The second (0-59)

timestamp

A timestamp constructed from the provided components

Create a date without time

Input:

mktime(2024, 1, 15)

Output:

"2024-01-15"

Create a full timestamp

Input:

mktime(2024, 1, 15, 14, 30, 0)

Output:

"2024-01-15 14:30:00"

Build timestamps from data

Input:

map({start: mktime(.year, .month, .day)})

Output:

Construct dates from component fields

The mktime() function constructs a timestamp from individual date and time components. Time components (hour, minute, second) are optional.

Use mktime() to build timestamps from separate date components, reconstruct dates from parsed data, or create specific test dates.