Unix Timestamp 1508434800
seconds · 8 years ago
⚡ Quick Answer
1508434800 = Oct 19, 2017, 05:40:00 PM UTC
ISO 8601: 2017-10-19T17:40:00.000Z
Output Formats
ISO 8601
2017-10-19T17:40:00.000Z
RFC 2822
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:40:00 GMT
Human Readable
Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 05:40:00 PM UTC
Unix Seconds
1508434800
Unix Milliseconds
1508434800000
Day of Week
Thursday
Timezone Breakdown
UTC
Oct 19, 2017, 05:40:00 PM UTC
US Eastern
Oct 19, 2017, 01:40:00 PM EDT
US Pacific
Oct 19, 2017, 10:40:00 AM PDT
UK London
Oct 19, 2017, 06:40:00 PM GMT+1
Japan Tokyo
Oct 20, 2017, 02:40:00 AM GMT+9
Australia Sydney
Oct 20, 2017, 04:40:00 AM GMT+11
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Frequently Asked Questions
What date is Unix timestamp 1508434800?
Unix timestamp 1508434800 represents Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 05:40:00 PM UTC. This is 8 years ago from the current time.
Is 1508434800 in seconds or milliseconds?
1508434800 has 10 digits, which means it is in seconds. Multiply by 1,000 to get milliseconds: 1508434800000.
How do I convert 1508434800 in JavaScript?
// Normalized to Unix seconds: 1508434800 const tsSec = 1508434800; new Date(tsSec * 1000).toISOString(); // "2017-10-19T17:40:00.000Z"
How do I convert 1508434800 in Python?
import datetime
ts = 1508434800
dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
ts, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
print(dt.isoformat())
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