Display Unix timestamp as date/time?

[Russ]

I have an external script that returns a Unix timestamp, and a trigger that fires if the timestamp is more than X minutes ago. This all works well, and does what we need.

However, I'd like to set up a graph that shows the date & time of the timestamp, rather than the number. Is there any way to do that, or to set up a new item or trigger that converts that timestamp into a date & time?

[dima_dm]

test2.pl

#! /usr/bin/perl
print "test $ARGV[0]\n";
print scalar(localtime($ARGV[0])),"\n"

./test2.pl 1261137600
test 1261137600
Fri Dec 18 15:00:00 2009

[Russ]

Thanks, but I don't see how that will help. Maybe I didn't explain what I wanted very well.

When I view the graph, the Y axis is labelled with numbers (1.28G currently), but I'd like it to be labelled with dates & times. We have a trigger for the uptime of some boxes, and their graphs are labelled with hours, minutes, seconds. That's similar to what I'd like, but with the actual date/time.

[dima_dm]

Fri Dec 18 15:00:00 2009 is a text field, Zabbix don’t create any graph for text field, you can see only history.

[Russ]

Fri Dec 18 15:00:00 2009 is a text field, Zabbix don’t create any graph for text field, you can see only history.

Yes, but the item I have setup is a Numeric (unsigned) field, since the external script returns the Unix timestamp. I need the script to return the timestamp, since the trigger fires if the returned value is more than X minutes in the past. However, I would like Zabbix to display the date & time on the graphs. Is this possible?

[dima_dm]

Try change in items in field Units, you can write word unixtime.
I check it, it is work.

[Russ]

Try change in items in field Units you can write word unixtime.
I check it, it is work.

That's exactly what I was looking for, thank you.