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Current Unix Epoch Time
ms
GMT / UTC
ISO 8601
Your Local Time
Epoch → Human Date
Human Date → Epoch
Interpret input as:
Seconds → Duration
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Get current epoch timestamp — code snippets
JavaScript
Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)  // seconds
Date.now()                     // milliseconds
Python
import time
int(time.time())               # seconds
time.time_ns() // 1_000_000    # milliseconds
Bash / Shell
date +%s                       # seconds
date +%s%3N                    # milliseconds (GNU date)
Go
import "time"
time.Now().Unix()              // seconds
time.Now().UnixMilli()         // milliseconds
Java
System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L  // seconds
System.currentTimeMillis()          // milliseconds
Instant.now().getEpochSecond()      // Java 8+
PHP
time()                         // seconds
round(microtime(true) * 1000)  // milliseconds
PostgreSQL
EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM NOW())::bigint
-- or
SELECT FLOOR(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM NOW()));
MySQL
SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP();
SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW());
Ruby
Time.now.to_i                  # seconds
Time.now.to_f.round(3)         # milliseconds
Rust
use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
SystemTime::now()
  .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
  .unwrap().as_secs()           // seconds
C#
DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds()      // seconds
DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds() // ms
Swift
Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970)        // seconds
Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000) // ms

Quick reference — common durations in seconds

DurationSeconds
1 minute60
1 hour3,600
1 day86,400
1 week604,800
30 days2,592,000
1 year (365 days)31,536,000

Notable epoch timestamps

Epoch (seconds)Date (UTC)Significance
01970-01-01 00:00:00The Unix epoch
1,000,000,0002001-09-09 01:46:401 billion seconds
1,234,567,8902009-02-13 23:31:30Widely celebrated milestone
1,500,000,0002017-07-14 02:40:001.5 billion seconds
2,000,000,0002033-05-18 03:33:202 billion seconds
2,147,483,6472038-01-19 03:14:0732-bit signed int max (Y2K38)

Full guide: What is Unix Time, the Y2038 problem, and more →

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