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Unix Timestamp Converter

Convert a Unix timestamp to a readable date in UTC and your time zone, or a date back to a timestamp. Seconds, milliseconds and microseconds are detected automatically.

Current Unix time

How it works

About Unix time

Seconds since 1970

Unix time counts the seconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC, ignoring leap seconds. It is the same everywhere, independent of time zones.

Seconds or milliseconds

Unix tools and most APIs use seconds (10 digits today); JavaScript and Java use milliseconds (13 digits).

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the year 2038 problem?

Signed 32-bit timestamps overflow on 19 January 2038. Modern systems use 64-bit time and are not affected.