salesforce Dreamforce On-Demand
Contact Us 1-800-596-4880
  1. Homepage
  2. DataWeave (2.4)
  3. DataWeave Reference
  4. dw::core::Periods

  5. seconds

seconds

seconds(nSecs: Number): Period

Creates a Period value from the provided number of seconds.

Introduced in DataWeave version 2.4.0.

Parameters

Name Description

nSecs

The number of seconds as a whole or decimal number. A positive or negative number is valid.

Example

This example shows how seconds behaves with different inputs. It adds and subtracts seconds from DateTime values. It also converts the decimal value 4.555 into the Period format (PT4.555S) and and the whole number 4 into the Period format (PT4S)

Source

%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Periods
output application/json
---
{
  nextSecond: |2020-10-05T20:22:34.385Z| + seconds(1),
  previousSecond: |2020-10-05T20:22:34.385Z| - seconds(1),
  decimalInputPeriod: seconds(4.555),
  wholeNumberInputPeriod: seconds(4),
  addNegativeValue: seconds(-1) + seconds(2)
}

Output

{
  "nextSecond": "2020-10-05T20:22:35.385Z",
  "previousSecond": "2020-10-05T20:22:33.385Z",
  "decimalInputPeriod": "PT4.555S",
  "wholeNumberInputPeriod": "PT4S",
  "addNegativeValue": 1
}