Hi, I receive a uptime in seconds from a device and would like to convert it to a easier format to read (Years, monts, days, minutes, seconds). How would I got about doing that ? I’m pretty sure I need a DateTime() object but after that, i’m stuck Any pointers ? Thanks :slight_smile:

[image] Rigor_M: I receive a uptime in seconds from a device and would like to convert it to a easier format to read (Years, monts, days, minutes, seconds). I wonder if that might be a Homie device, :wink: I have done something similar for my Homie-based sensor device in the following way: .…

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Change seconds to elapsed time

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hmerk (Hans-Jörg Merk) April 7, 2016, 6:27pm 5

Sorry for misleading you, this can’t work without translation in a rule. The WeMo binding sends the information in DateTime form.
Let me think about it a bit more.

Format Unit of Measurement (Number:Time)