unix_seconds

Returns the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. Truncates higher levels of precision.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see unix_seconds function.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.unix_seconds(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or str	input column of values to convert.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: the number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.

Examples

spark.conf.set("spark.sql.session.timeZone", "America/Los_Angeles")

from pyspark.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame([('2015-07-22 10:00:00',), ('2022-10-09 11:12:13',)], ['ts'])
df.select('*', dbf.unix_seconds(dbf.to_timestamp('ts'))).show()
spark.conf.unset("spark.sql.session.timeZone")