Unix Timestamp (microseconds)
Microseconds since epoch. Used in high-frequency trading, distributed tracing (Jaeger, Zipkin), and InfluxDB.
Unix Timestamp (microseconds)
datetime.epoch.unix_microsecondsMicroseconds since epoch. Used in high-frequency trading, distributed tracing (Jaeger, Zipkin), and InfluxDB.
Domain
datetime
Category
epoch
Casts to
TIMESTAMP
Scope
Universal
Try it
CLI
$ finetype infer -i "1705312200000000" --mode column
→ datetime.epoch.unix_microsecondsDuckDB
Detect
SELECT ft_infer('1705312200000000');
-- → 'datetime.epoch.unix_microseconds'Cast expression
to_timestamp({col}::BIGINT / 1000000)Safe cast pipeline
-- Normalise and cast in one step
SELECT TRY_CAST(ft_cast(my_column) AS TIMESTAMP) AS clean_value
FROM my_table
WHERE ft_infer(my_column) = 'datetime.epoch.unix_microseconds';JSON Schema
finetype taxonomy datetime.epoch.unix_microseconds -o json-schema
{
"$id": "https://meridian.online/schemas/datetime.epoch.unix_microseconds",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"description": "Microseconds since epoch. Used in high-frequency trading, distributed tracing (Jaeger, Zipkin), and InfluxDB.",
"examples": [
"1705312200000000",
"1577836799999999"
],
"maxLength": 16,
"minLength": 16,
"pattern": "^\\d{16}$",
"title": "Unix Timestamp (microseconds)",
"type": "string",
"x-finetype-label": "datetime.epoch.unix_microseconds",
"x-finetype-pii": false
}Examples
17053122000000001577836799999999