DateTimeToTicks (NoSQL query)
APPLIES TO: NoSQL
Converts the specified DateTime to ticks. A single tick represents 100
nanoseconds or 0.000000001
of a second.
Syntax
DateTimeToTicks(<date_time>)
Arguments
Description | |
---|---|
date_time |
A Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) date and time string in the ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.fffffffZ . |
Note
For more information on the ISO 8601 format, see ISO 8601.
Return types
Returns a signed numeric value, the current number of 100
-nanosecond ticks that have elapsed since the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970).
Note
For more information on the Unix epoch, see Unix time.
Examples
The following example measures the ticks since the date and time May 19, 2015 12:00 UTC.
SELECT VALUE {
ticks: DateTimeToTicks("2015-05-19T12:00:00.0000000")
}
[
{
"ticks": 14320368000000000
}
]
Remarks
- This function returns
undefined
if the date and time isn't a valid ISO 8601 date and time string. - This function doesn't use the index.