For decimal I think I figured that the long value of the decimal is used but I still have my question for a negative number.
On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 1:44 PM Dan S <[email protected]> wrote: > Similar question is with a decimal number e.g. 1403620278642.00 when > calling toInstant on it it evaluates to 2014-06-24T14:31:18.642Z. Why does > it not throw an exception? > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 12:48 PM Dan S <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am working on NIFI-12756 to better understand when NIFI expressions can >> throw exceptions. I have an attribute which is a negative number and I >> thought calling toInstant would have thrown an >> org.apache.nifi.attribute.expression.language.exception.AttributeExpressionLanguageException >> but instead it evaluated to 1925-07-10T09:28:41.358Z. I tried using >> toInstant as some of the unit tests (in nifi/nifi-commons/nifi-expression >> language/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/attribute/expression/language/TestQuery.java) >> use it without any arguments although the documentation >> <https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/expression-language-guide.html#toinstant> >> details >> using it with arguments format and timeZone. Can someone please clarify the >> following: >> >> 1. Does the documentation need to be changed to indicate the >> arguments are not required? >> 2. Why does toInstant evaluate with a negative number and not throw >> an exception? >> >>
