Unix Timestamp Converter

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Current Unix Timestamp

1728807678

This value updates every second.

What is a Unix Timestamp?

A Unix timestamp is a way to track time as a running total of seconds. This count starts at the Unix Epoch on January 1st, 1970 at UTC. Therefore, the Unix timestamp is merely the number of seconds between a particular date and the Unix Epoch.

Key Points About Unix Timestamps:

• Unix timestamps are typically expressed in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
• They are independent of time zones.
• Unix timestamps can be negative for dates before the Unix Epoch.
• They are widely used in programming and databases for storing date and time information.

Advantages of Unix Timestamps:

• Compact representation of date and time.
• Easy to perform date/time arithmetic.
• Unambiguous and timezone-independent.

Limitations:

• 32-bit systems may experience the "Year 2038 problem" due to integer overflow.
• Not human-readable without conversion.

Common Unix Timestamp Values

Date & Time	Unix Timestamp
January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT (Unix Epoch)	0
February 13, 2009 23:31:30 GMT (Bitcoin Genesis Block)	1234567890
March 18, 2033 03:33:20 GMT	2000000000
January 19, 2038 03:14:07 GMT (32-bit overflow)	2147483647

// Get current Unix timestamp
$timestamp = time();

// Convert Unix timestamp to human-readable date
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp);

// Convert human-readable date to Unix timestamp
$timestamp = strtotime('2023-09-12 15:30:00');

        

// Get current Unix timestamp (in milliseconds)
const timestamp = Date.now();

// Convert Unix timestamp to human-readable date
const date = new Date(timestamp * 1000);

// Convert human-readable date to Unix timestamp
const timestamp = Math.floor(new Date('2023-09-12T15:30:00').getTime() / 1000);

        

import time
from datetime import datetime

# Get current Unix timestamp
timestamp = int(time.time())

# Convert Unix timestamp to human-readable date
date = datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

# Convert human-readable date to Unix timestamp
timestamp = int(datetime.strptime('2023-09-12 15:30:00', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S').timestamp())