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Zdenda
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Feb 23, 2018

API Rest, what lastUpdateMicros is?

Hi, what is parameter "lastUpdateMicros" and can I get real daytime from that? I need to know since when some ASM objects are in staging and although I can see real daytime in GUI, in API I see o...
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Satoshi_Toyosa1
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Feb 25, 2018

lastUpdateMicros
is the date/time represented in micro seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 GMT (Unix epoch). For example, 1519382317000000 is Friday, 23 February 2018 10:38:37.

There are several ways to convert. If you want to do it from a BIG-IP bash, JavaScript/Node might be handy. Note that the JavaScript's 

Date
expects milliseconds, so trim the last three digits. e.g.,

[root@ltm1300:Active:Disconnected] config  node
> d = new Date(1519382317000)
Fri Feb 23 2018 23:38:37 GMT+1300 (NZDT)