NetApp OCI uses Unix Time Date

It's useful to know that NetApp OCI uses Unix Time Date.

A good example of this is when you're in the REST API trying to acquire audit information from:

/rest/v1/admin/audits

And there's two inputs:

fromTime : Filter for time range, from time in milliseconds
toTime: Filter for time range, to time in milliseconds

Q: So, what is Unix Time Date?

Unix Time Date is the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on Jan 01 1970.
The Unix epoch is the time 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970.

Q: How do you get the current Unix Time?

This is a good link:
https://currentmillis.com/

An example for PowerShell:

[double](Get-Date -Date ((Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()) -UFormat %s)

Q: Unix Time now in milliseconds?

Just the above * 1000.

Q: Get a days worth of NetApp OCI audit information?

To get a days worth of NetApp OCI audit information, we can use the REST API at:

/rest/v1/admin/audits

toTime: Filter for time range, to time in milliseconds

Get the output of:

[double](Get-Date -Date ((Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()) -UFormat %s) * 1000

fromTime : Filter for time range, from time in milliseconds

The same as the above minus 1000*60*60*24 = 86'400'000

Image: Example using UNIX Date Time in Milliseconds