Convert a string date to a timestamp

Question

Is there any simple way to convert a RFC HTTP date into a timestamp in Lua?

\"Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT\"

into

783467011

Answer 1

use luadate, you can install it with luarocks.

date = require 'date'
local d1 = date('Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT')                                                                                               
local seconds = date.diff(d1, date.epoch()):spanseconds()
print(seconds)