Unix Timestamp Converter

What is a Unix Timestamp?

A Unix timestamp (also known as Epoch time, POSIX time, or Unix Epoch) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. It is a system for tracking time as a running total of seconds, making it simple to calculate time differences.

Notable Timestamps

Timestamp	Date	Event
0	Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC	Unix Epoch
1000000000	Sep 9, 2001 01:46:40 UTC	Billennium
1234567890	Feb 13, 2009 23:31:30 UTC	Sequential digits
2000000000	May 18, 2033 03:33:20 UTC	2 billion seconds
2147483647	Jan 19, 2038 03:14:07 UTC	Y2K38 (32-bit overflow)

Timestamp in Different Languages

Language	Get Current Timestamp
JavaScript	Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
Python	import time; int(time.time())
PHP	time()
Java	System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000
Go	time.Now().Unix()
Ruby	Time.now.to_i
Bash	date +%s