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How to convert timestamp from MQTTmessage into current datetime
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Description
In the mosquitto documenation is says
```
log_timestamp_format format
Set the format of the log timestamp. If left unset, this is the number of seconds since the Unix epoch.
```
But I got this value looking at a messages for today 140224139
But the Unix epoch time is 1744760934 . So 140224139 can't be correct.
How can I convert this messages to a valid datetime?
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Start with the mosquitto documentation excerpt for log_timestamp_format and compare it with the reported value 140224139 and the Unix timestamp 1744760934. Determine what documentation or guidance is needed to explain the value; done means a reader can understand the timestamp format and how to interpret it as a datetime.
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