Add a 7-8 minute delay to a predefined EPOCH time in Powershell-CodePudding

I am getting a EPOC time from a remote machine, which is present in different timezone compare to the local system. I want to add a 7-8minute time to that EPOC time. Is there any way I can do this in powershell?

The EPOCH time is with precision rfc3339

For example, I have current time 1641960490800 as time of the remote machine, I want to add 7-8 minutes to it and print it in the same format like 1641960817177.

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CodePudding user response：

Since you are relying on an application to deliver the time, you probably need to parse it before adding the time. Something like

precision rfc3339 |
    # parse the number out
    Select-String -Pattern '\d ' |
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty Matches |
    # retrieves just the number
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty Value |
    # adds 8 minutes (*60seconds)
    # order is important so that it converts the string into a number type
    ForEach-Object {60*8   $_}

Or, if that looks daunting there technically is a non-pipeline approach:

$(precision rfc3339) -Match '\d '
60*8   $Matches[1]

Personally, although it looks a bit more convoluted, I think PowerShell is the strongest when using its pipelines, but that is a matter of style/choice.