Unix Timestamp 1579244400
seconds · 6 years ago
⚡ Quick Answer
1579244400 = Jan 17, 2020, 07:00:00 AM UTC
ISO 8601: 2020-01-17T07:00:00.000Z
Output Formats
ISO 8601
2020-01-17T07:00:00.000Z
RFC 2822
Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:00:00 GMT
Human Readable
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 07:00:00 AM UTC
Unix Seconds
1579244400
Unix Milliseconds
1579244400000
Day of Week
Friday
Timezone Breakdown
UTC
Jan 17, 2020, 07:00:00 AM UTC
US Eastern
Jan 17, 2020, 02:00:00 AM EST
US Pacific
Jan 16, 2020, 11:00:00 PM PST
UK London
Jan 17, 2020, 07:00:00 AM GMT
Japan Tokyo
Jan 17, 2020, 04:00:00 PM GMT+9
Australia Sydney
Jan 17, 2020, 06:00:00 PM GMT+11
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Frequently Asked Questions
What date is Unix timestamp 1579244400?
Unix timestamp 1579244400 represents Friday, January 17, 2020 at 07:00:00 AM UTC. This is 6 years ago from the current time.
Is 1579244400 in seconds or milliseconds?
1579244400 has 10 digits, which means it is in seconds. Multiply by 1,000 to get milliseconds: 1579244400000.
How do I convert 1579244400 in JavaScript?
// Normalized to Unix seconds: 1579244400 const tsSec = 1579244400; new Date(tsSec * 1000).toISOString(); // "2020-01-17T07:00:00.000Z"
How do I convert 1579244400 in Python?
import datetime
ts = 1579244400
dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
ts, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
print(dt.isoformat())
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