# Converting an Int64 to a Time

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-an-int64-to-a-time/8552>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [January 23, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-an-int64-to-a-time/8552 "2018-01-23T19:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![chasecb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@chasecb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chasecb)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-an-int64-to-a-time/8552/1 "2018-01-23T19:56:07Z")

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So if I do something like:

```julia
my_time = Dates.Time(12,1,1,1,1)
my_int = Dates.value(my_time)

```

How would I then get `my_int` back to a `Time` object? Many thanks in advance.  
Chase CB

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**Author:** ![simonbyrne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/simonbyrne/32/19_2.png) [@simonbyrne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/simonbyrne)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-an-int64-to-a-time/8552/2 "2018-01-23T20:00:49Z")

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I believe that `Dates.value` gives you nanoseconds, so you should be able to do

```julia
Dates.Time(Dates.Nanosecond(my_int))

```

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**Author:** ![chasecb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@chasecb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chasecb)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-an-int64-to-a-time/8552/3 "2018-01-23T21:36:05Z")

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Worked perfectly thanks so much.