[jira] [Commented] (NIFI-1078) ${now()} returns string dates instead of a number of milliseconds
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Mark Payne commented on NIFI-1078:
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I agree that this is a typo in the docs.
> ${now()} returns string dates instead of a number of milliseconds
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> Key: NIFI-1078
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1078
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Core Framework
>Affects Versions: 0.4.0
>Reporter: Randy Gelhausen
> Fix For: 0.5.0
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> Per the docs: The now function returns the current date and time as the
> number of milliseconds since Midnight GMT on January 1, 1970.
> However, when using ${now()} in expression language, the result is: "Tue Oct
> 27 22:12:21 EDT 2015"
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Randy Gelhausen commented on NIFI-1078:
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{now():toNumber()} worked:
ts:1446003503325
I'm not sure if this is a doc bug or a mistake in the now() function.
> ${now()} returns string dates instead of a number of milliseconds
> -
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> Key: NIFI-1078
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1078
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Core Framework
>Affects Versions: 0.4.0
>Reporter: Randy Gelhausen
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> Per the docs: The now function returns the current date and time as the
> number of milliseconds since Midnight GMT on January 1, 1970.
> However, when using ${now()} in expression language, the result is: "Tue Oct
> 27 22:12:21 EDT 2015"
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Joseph Witt commented on NIFI-1078:
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Ultimately you're seeing string representation though that output suggests it
is a Date object and not a number. Mark?
Try ${now():toNumber()}
> ${now()} returns string dates instead of a number of milliseconds
> -
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> Key: NIFI-1078
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1078
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Core Framework
>Affects Versions: 0.4.0
>Reporter: Randy Gelhausen
>
> Per the docs: The now function returns the current date and time as the
> number of milliseconds since Midnight GMT on January 1, 1970.
> However, when using ${now()} in expression language, the result is: "Tue Oct
> 27 22:12:21 EDT 2015"
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Joseph Witt commented on NIFI-1078:
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In my view the bug is in the docs. The return of 'now' based on your original
string output appears to be a date (not a number as the docs state). Would
like to hear Mark's view.
> ${now()} returns string dates instead of a number of milliseconds
> -
>
> Key: NIFI-1078
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1078
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Core Framework
>Affects Versions: 0.4.0
>Reporter: Randy Gelhausen
>
> Per the docs: The now function returns the current date and time as the
> number of milliseconds since Midnight GMT on January 1, 1970.
> However, when using ${now()} in expression language, the result is: "Tue Oct
> 27 22:12:21 EDT 2015"
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