# Timestamps & ISO8601 ### **ISO8601** [ISO8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) is an international standard for formatting dates & times, often used by databases. Use "as iso8601" to convert into this format: ``` April 1, 2019 3:30pm as iso8601 | 2019-04-01T15:30:00+11:00 ``` Use "to date" to convert into a regular date format: ``` 2019-04-01T15:30:00 to date | 1 April 2019 at 3:30 pm ``` ### **Timestamps** [Unix time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) is a system for describing a moment in time, often used in programming. A timestamp is the number of seconds that have passed since the "reference date" (January 1st, 1970). ``` April 1, 2019 to timestamp | 1554109200 1559740303.48 to date | 5 June 2019 at 11:11 pm ``` To get a timestamp for the present moment, use **current timestamp** ``` current timestamp | 1559740303.48 ``` #### **Millisecond timestamps** You can convert millisecond timestamps into dates as well ``` 1733823083000 to date | 10 December 2024 at 8:31:23 pm ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://documentation.soulver.app/syntax-reference/dates/timestamps-and-iso8601.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.