---
title: "system.date.fromMillis"
description: "Creates a date object given a millisecond value"
---

# system.date.fromMillis

> Creates a date object given a millisecond value

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description
## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no [Client Permission](projects\project-properties\project-properties.md#client---permissions) restrictions.

## Syntax
`system.date.fromMillis(millis)`

### Parameters
Type | Parameter | Description 
------- | ------- | ------
Long | `millis`| The number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (GMT)

### Returns
**Date** - A new date object

### Scope
All

## Code Examples

```python title="Example #1"
# This example will print out the date "Fri Aug 18 14:35:25 PDT 2017"
print system.date.fromMillis(1503092125000)
```