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Add or subtract seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks from a timestamp.

Use this when prototyping cron windows or token expiration logic—supply the base timestamp, amount, and unit. Drop this helper wherever you want to add or subtract seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks from a timestamp with a single HTTP call. Send the documented inputs and the API streams back polished results you can hand directly to your users.

GETPOST/utils/timestamp-arithmetic

Where this helper shines

Add or subtract seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks from a timestamp. keeps utils helpers on autopilot. Use it whenever you need to add or subtract seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks from a timestamp without pausing a sprint or asking design/dev to jump in.

  • Trigger this helper whenever you need to add or subtract seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks from a timestamp without waiting on a full deploy.
  • Drop it into automations (Zapier, Make, workers) to add or subtract seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks from a timestamp as part of your workflow.
  • Share the GET URL so support and success can add or subtract seconds/minutes/hours/days/weeks from a timestamp safely using their Dataczar API key.

Copy & ship snippets

GET

Instant link

GET https://api.dataczar.app/utils/timestamp-arithmetic?value=sample-value&amount=1&unit=days&operation=add&ak=demo

Open directly in any browser, webhook, or low-code workflow.

curl

curl GET

curl "https://api.dataczar.app/utils/timestamp-arithmetic?value=sample-value&amount=1&unit=days&operation=add&ak=demo"

Swap ak=demo with your Dataczar API key.

curl

curl POST

curl -X POST "https://api.dataczar.app/utils/timestamp-arithmetic?ak=demo" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "value": "sample-value",
  "amount": "1",
  "unit": "days",
  "operation": "add"
}'

Send JSON payloads from back-end jobs, queues, or workers.

Parameters

Query Parameters

NameTypeDescription
valuestring · required
amountinteger
unitstring
operationstring
dryrunboolean

All helper calls accept your Dataczar key via the ak query parameter. Need one? Create or copy a key on Dataczar Connect and drop it into each request.

Responses

Status 200

Adjusted timestamp.

Examples

Query parameters

Equivalent curl
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