Unix Timestamp 1498970400
seconds · 8 years ago
⚡ Quick Answer
1498970400 = Jul 2, 2017, 04:40:00 AM UTC
ISO 8601: 2017-07-02T04:40:00.000Z
Output Formats
ISO 8601
2017-07-02T04:40:00.000Z
RFC 2822
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 04:40:00 GMT
Human Readable
Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 04:40:00 AM UTC
Unix Seconds
1498970400
Unix Milliseconds
1498970400000
Day of Week
Sunday
Timezone Breakdown
UTC
Jul 2, 2017, 04:40:00 AM UTC
US Eastern
Jul 2, 2017, 12:40:00 AM EDT
US Pacific
Jul 1, 2017, 09:40:00 PM PDT
UK London
Jul 2, 2017, 05:40:00 AM GMT+1
Japan Tokyo
Jul 2, 2017, 01:40:00 PM GMT+9
Australia Sydney
Jul 2, 2017, 02:40:00 PM GMT+10
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Frequently Asked Questions
What date is Unix timestamp 1498970400?
Unix timestamp 1498970400 represents Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 04:40:00 AM UTC. This is 8 years ago from the current time.
Is 1498970400 in seconds or milliseconds?
1498970400 has 10 digits, which means it is in seconds. Multiply by 1,000 to get milliseconds: 1498970400000.
How do I convert 1498970400 in JavaScript?
// Normalized to Unix seconds: 1498970400 const tsSec = 1498970400; new Date(tsSec * 1000).toISOString(); // "2017-07-02T04:40:00.000Z"
How do I convert 1498970400 in Python?
import datetime
ts = 1498970400
dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
ts, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
print(dt.isoformat())
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