Unix Timestamp Conversion Error

[RuCray]

Unix Timestamp is in milliseconds while dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970: takes a NSTimeInterval in seconds. Currently the conversion is 1000x off.

[ohnit]

It depends on the implementation of the timestamp. It seems like some places use milliseconds, wikipedia says it should be seconds. I had the same problem. Here was my work around:

    DCParserConfiguration *config = [DCParserConfiguration configuration];

    DCCustomParser *dateParser = [[DCCustomParser alloc] initWithBlockParser:^id(NSDictionary *__weak dictionary, NSString *__weak attributeName, __weak Class destinationClass, __weak id value) {

        if (![value isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]]) {
            return nil;
        }

        long timeStampInMilliseconds = [value longValue];

        /** Must convert timestamp from milliseconds to seconds */
        NSDate *date = [[NSDate alloc] initWithTimeIntervalSince1970:timeStampInMilliseconds/1000];

        return date;
    }
                                                                forAttributeName:@"_ivarName"
                                                          onDestinationClass:[YourClassName class]];

    [config addCustomParsersObject:dateParser];