Date Time Module

1. Variables

1.1. LPEG Grammars

• date_fullyear - 4 digit year
• date_month - 2 digit month
• date_mabbr - month abbreviation to a numeric string
• date_mfull - month name to a numeric string
• date_mday - 2 digit month day (zero padded)
• date_mday_sp - 2 digit month day (space padded)
• time_hour - 2 digit hour
• time_minute - 2 digit minute
• time_second - 2 digit second (including leap second)
• time_secfrac - fraction seconds
• timezone - timezone abbreviations (US and UTC others create an offset of 0)
• timezone_offset - numeric time zone offset
• clf_timestamp - common log format timestamp
• mysql_timestamp - MySQL timestamp
• pgsql_timestamp - Postgres timestamp
• rfc3164_timestamp
• rfc3339_time_numoffset
• rfc3339_time_offset
• rfc3339_partial_time
• rfc3339_full_date
• rfc3339_full_time
• rfc3339

2. Functions

2.1. build_strftime_grammar

Constructs an LPEG grammar based on the strftime format.

Arguments

• strftime (string) - strftime format specifier

Return

• grammar (LPEG user data object) or an error is thrown

2.2. time_to_ns

Converts time table to a time_ns

Arguments

• t (table) - table returned by the various date/time grammars

Return

• time_ns (number) - number of nanoseconds since the Unix epoch

2.3. seconds_to_ns

Converts time_t to a time_ns

Arguments

• time_t

Return

• time_ns (number) - number of nanoseconds since the Unix epoch

source code: date_time.lua