time
Syntax
time INPUT
time converts a timestamp string into a time.Time structure so you can access its fields:
{{ time "2016-05-28" }} → "2016-05-28T00:00:00Z"
{{ (time "2016-05-28").YearDay }} → 149
{{ mul 1000 (time "2016-05-28T10:30:00.00+10:00").Unix }} → 1464395400000, or Unix time in milliseconds
Example: Using time to get Month Index
The following example takes a UNIX timestamp—set as utimestamp: "1489276800" in a content's front matter—converts the timestamp (string) to an integer using the int function, and then uses printf to convert the Month property of time into an index.
The following example may be useful when setting up multilingual sites:
unix-to-month-integer.html
{{$time := time (int .Params.addDate)}}
=> $time = 1489276800
{{$time.Month}}
=> "March"
{{$monthindex := printf "%d" $time.Month }}
=> $monthindex = 3