What is a Unix timestamp?

A Unix timestamp (or epoch time) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. It is widely used in programming to represent dates and times as a single integer.

How do I convert a Unix timestamp to a date?

Paste your Unix timestamp into the converter above. It instantly shows the corresponding date and time in your local timezone and UTC.

Unix Timestamp Converter

Convert between Unix timestamps and human-readable dates

Current Unix Timestamp

Seconds1,779,707,444

Milliseconds1,779,707,444,392

Microseconds1779707444392000

Nanoseconds1779707444392000000

Timestamp → Date

Unit:

Timezone:

Date → Timestamp

Input timezone:

Duration Converter

Seconds → human-readable

Time Unit Reference

1 minute60 seconds

1 hour3,600 seconds

1 day86,400 seconds

1 week604,800 seconds

1 month2,629,743 seconds

1 year31,556,926 seconds

Code Snippets

// Get current epoch (seconds)
Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)

// Timestamp → date
new Date(1700000000 * 1000).toISOString()
// → "2023-11-14T22:13:20.000Z"

// Date → timestamp
Math.floor(new Date("2023-11-14T22:13:20Z").getTime() / 1000)