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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 minute |
60 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()) |
| Erlang |
calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds(calendar:now_to_universal_time( now()))-719528*24*3600. |
| MySQL |
SELECT unix_timestamp(now())  |
| PostgreSQL |
SELECT extract(epoch FROM now()); |
| Oracle PL/SQL |
SELECT (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01-01-1970 00:00:00', 'DD-MM-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. |
| 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 these 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 ("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss").parse("01/01/1970 01:00:00"); |
| VBScript/ASP |
DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", time field) |
| 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 these 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("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss").format(new java.util.Date (epoch*1000)); |
| VBScript/ASP |
DateAdd("s", epoch, "01/01/1970 00:00:00") |
| 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'; |
| 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 timezones: =((A1 +/- timezone adjustment) / 86400) + 25569. |
| Crystal Reports |
DateAdd("s", {EpochTimeStampField}-14400, #1/1/1970 00:00:00#) -14400 used for Eastern Standard Time. See Timezones. |
| JavaScript |
use the JavaScript Date object |
| 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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Reference: http://www.epochconverter.com