Epoch & Unix Timestamp Conversion Tools

 

 

Convert epoch to human readable date and vice versa

 e  [batch convert timestamps to human dates]

Mon	Day	Yr		Hr	Min	Sec
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 r  [batch convert]
Format: RFC 2822 formatted date  

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Epoch dates for the start and end of the year/month/day

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Mon	Day	Yr
/	/			[Epoch List By Month & Year]

Convert seconds to days, hours and minutes

 s  
Calculate the difference between 2 dates
 

What is epoch time?

The Unix epoch (or Unix time or POSIX time or Unix timestamp) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap seconds (in ISO 8601: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z). Literally speaking the epoch is Unix time 0 (midnight 1/1/1970), but 'epoch' is often used as a synonym for 'Unix time'. Many Unix systems store epoch dates as a signed 32-bit integer, which might cause problems on January 19, 2038 (known as the Year 2038 problem or Y2038).  

Human readable time	Seconds
1 hour	3600 seconds
1 day	86400 seconds
1 week	604800 seconds
1 month (30.44 days)	2629743 seconds
1 year (365.24 days)	31556926 seconds

How to get the current epoch time in ...

Perl	time
PHP	time()
Ruby	Time.now (or Time.new). To display the epoch: Time.now.to_i
Python	import time first, then time.time()
Java	long epoch = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;
Microsoft .NET C#	epoch = (DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().Ticks - 621355968000000000) / 10000000;
VBScript/ASP	DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", Now())
R	as.numeric(Sys.time())
Erlang	calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds(calendar:now_to_universal_time( now()))-719528*24*3600.
MySQL	SELECT unix_timestamp(now()) More info (+ negative epochs)
PostgreSQL	SELECT extract(epoch FROM now());
Oracle PL/SQL	SELECT (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01/01/1970 00:00:00', 'MM-DD-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) * 24 * 60 * 60 FROM DUAL
SQL Server	SELECT DATEDIFF(s, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', GETUTCDATE())
JavaScript	Math.round(new Date().getTime()/1000.0) getTime() returns time in milliseconds.
Tcl/Tk	clock seconds
Unix/Linux Shell	date +%s
PowerShell	Get-Date -UFormat "%s" Produces: 1279152364.63599
Other OS's	Command line: perl -e "print time" (If Perl is installed on your system)

Convert from human readable date to epoch

Perl	Use the Perl Epoch routines
PHP	mktime(hour, minute, second, month, day, year)
Ruby	Time.local(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, usec ) (or Time.gm for GMT/UTC input). To display add .to_i
Python	import time first, then int(time.mktime(time.strptime('2000-01-01 12:34:00', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))) - time.timezone
Java	long epoch = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat ("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss").parse("01/01/1970 01:00:00").getTime();
VBScript/ASP	DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", time field)
C	Use the C Epoch Converter routines
R	as.numeric(as.POSIXct("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss", origin="1970-01-01"))
MySQL	SELECT unix_timestamp(time) Time format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS or YYMMDD or YYYYMMDD More on using Epoch timestamps with MySQL
PostgreSQL	SELECT extract(epoch FROM date('2000-01-01 12:34')); With timestamp: SELECT EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE '2001-02-16 20:38:40-08'); With interval: SELECT EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM INTERVAL '5 days 3 hours');
SQL Server	SELECT DATEDIFF(s, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', time field)
JavaScript	Use the JavaScript Date object
Unix/Linux Shell	date +%s -d"Jan 1, 1980 00:00:01" Replace '-d' with '-ud' to input in GMT/UTC time.

Convert from epoch to human readable date

Perl	Use the Perl Epoch routines
PHP	date(output format, epoch); Output format example: 'r' = RFC 2822 date
Ruby	Time.at(epoch)
Python	import time first, then time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", time.localtime(epoch)) Replace time.localtime with time.gmtime for GMT time.
Java	String date = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss").format(new java.util.Date (epoch*1000));
VBScript/ASP	DateAdd("s", epoch, "01/01/1970 00:00:00")
C	Use the C Epoch Converter routines
R	as.POSIXct(epoch, origin="1970-01-01")
MySQL	from_unixtime(epoch, optional output format) The default output format is YYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS more ...
PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL version 8.1 and higher: SELECT to_timestamp(epoch); Older versions: SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' + epoch * INTERVAL '1 second';
Oracle PL/SQL	SELECT to_date('01-JAN-1970','dd-mon-yyyy')+(1326357743/60/60/24) from dual Replace 1326357743 with epoch.
SQL Server	DATEADD(s, epoch, '1970-01-01 00:00:00')
Microsoft Excel	=(A1 / 86400) + 25569 Format the result cell for date/time, the result will be in GMT time (A1 is the cell with the epoch number). For other time zones: =((A1 +/- time zone adjustment) / 86400) + 25569.
Crystal Reports	DateAdd("s", {EpochTimeStampField}-14400, #1/1/1970 00:00:00#) -14400 used for Eastern Standard Time. See Time Zones.
JavaScript	Use the JavaScript Date object
Tcl/Tk	clock format 1325376000
Unix/Linux Shell	date -d @1190000000 Replace 1190000000 with your epoch, needs recent version of 'date'. Replace '-d' with '-ud' for GMT/UTC time.
PowerShell	Function get-epochDate ($epochDate) { [timezone]::CurrentTimeZone.ToLocalTime(([datetime]'1/1/1970').AddSeconds($epochDate)) }, then use: get-epochDate 1279152364. Works for Windows PowerShell v1 and v2
Other OS's	Command line: perl -e "print scalar(localtime(epoch))" (If Perl is installed) Replace 'localtime' with 'gmtime' for GMT/UTC time.

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Please note: All tools on this page are based on the time settings of your computer and use JavaScript to convert times. JavaScript does not support leap seconds.