From 0344921485a04722f484ca057de1c90f17bdb134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Moene <victor.moene@northern.tech>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:27:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added docs entry for strtotime function

Signed-off-by: Victor Moene <victor.moene@northern.tech>
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+---
+layout: default
+title: strtotime
+aliases:
+  - "/reference-functions-strtotime.html"
+---
+
+{{< CFEngine_function_prototype(date_string) >}}
+
+**Description:** Parses a `date_string` to the number of seconds since the Epoch
+
+{{< CFEngine_function_attributes(date_string) >}}
+
+The function uses under the hood `date --date <str> +%s` from GNU coreutils, located at `/var/cfengine/bin/date`
+
+**Example:**
+
+```cf3
+bundle agent main
+{
+  vars:
+    "next_monday" int => strtotime("next Monday");
+}
+```
+
+**See also:**
+
+- Related functions
+  - [`strftime()`][strftime]
+
+**History:**
+
+- Introduced in 3.29.0