unixTimestamp

function unixTimestamp(putativeTimestamp): UnixTimestamp;

This helper combines asserting that a bigint represents a Unix timestamp with coercing it to the UnixTimestamp type. It's best used with untrusted input.

Parameters

ParameterType
putativeTimestampbigint

Returns

UnixTimestamp

Example

import { unixTimestamp } from '@solana/rpc-types';
 
const timestamp = unixTimestamp(-42n); // Wednesday, December 31, 1969 3:59:18 PM GMT-08:00

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