What Unix time is
One number that names an instant anywhere on earth. Here is what it counts, the two things it leaves out on purpose, and the mistakes that follow from forgetting them.
Tools
- Convert: epoch to date and date to epoch, with a live epoch clock
- Batch: paste logs, JSON or CSV and decode every timestamp in place
- Zones: one moment across 19 time zones, plus DST transitions
- Cron: cron expression to plain English and next run times
- IDs: the creation time inside a Snowflake, ULID, UUIDv7 or ObjectId
- Formats: a date format string in another language or library
- Math: add or subtract a span from a timestamp, or compare two
Enable JavaScript to use the converters. Unix time is the number of seconds elapsed
since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC, excluding leap seconds.
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