ticksToTime

Converting time in Ticks to readable time. Ticks are used to represent time by some vendors, most commonly by Microsoft.

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Details

ID	`ticksToTime`
Language	javascript
From Version	5.0.0
Tags	Utility

README

Converts time in ticks to a readable time. The ticks are used to represent time by some vendors, most commonly by Microsoft.

Script Data

Name	Description
Script Type	javascript
Tags	Utility

Inputs

Argument Name	Description
ticks	The time as represented by ticks.

Outputs

There are no outputs for this script.

Source

TicksToTime.js TicksToTime.yml

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//get date in string
var getDateString = function(obj) {
    var month = "0" + obj.Month;
    var day = "0" + obj.Day;
    var hours = "0" + obj.Hours;
    var minutes = "0" + obj.Minutes;
    var seconds = "0" + obj.Seconds;
    var strTime = obj.Year+'-'+month.substr(-2)+'-'+day.substr(-2) + ' '+hours.substr(-2) +':'+ minutes.substr(-2) +':'+ seconds.substr(-2);
    return strTime;
}

//ticks are in nanotime; convert to millis
var ticksToMillis = args.ticks / 10000;
//ticks are recorded from 1/1/1601. this is mili diff
var epocDiff = -11644473600000;
//create date object with the tick time
var tickDate = new Date(Math.round(ticksToMillis + epocDiff));

var obj = {
    Epoc: tickDate.getTime(),
    UTC: {
        Year: tickDate.getUTCFullYear(),
        Month: tickDate.getUTCMonth()+1,
        Day: tickDate.getUTCDate(),
        Hours: tickDate.getUTCHours(),
        Minutes: tickDate.getUTCMinutes(),
        Seconds: tickDate.getUTCSeconds()
    },
    Local: {
        Year: tickDate.getFullYear(),
        Month: tickDate.getMonth()+1,
        Day: tickDate.getDate(),
        Hours: tickDate.getHours(),
        Minutes: tickDate.getMinutes(),
        Seconds: tickDate.getSeconds()
    }
};
obj.UTC.Display = getDateString(obj.UTC);
obj.Local.Display = getDateString(obj.Local);

return({'HumanReadable': obj.Local.Display,'ContentsFormat': formats.json, 'Type': entryTypes['note'], 'Contents': obj});