Unix Timestamp 996979600

What date is Unix timestamp 996979600?

Unix timestamp 996979600 represents Sunday, August 5, 2001 at 02:46:40 AM UTC. This is 24 years ago from the current time.

Is 996979600 in seconds or milliseconds?

996979600 has 9 digits, which means it is in seconds. Multiply by 1,000 to get milliseconds: 996979600000.

How do I convert 996979600 in JavaScript?

// Normalized to Unix seconds: 996979600
const tsSec = 996979600;
new Date(tsSec * 1000).toISOString();
// "2001-08-05T02:46:40.000Z"

How do I convert 996979600 in Python?

import datetime
ts = 996979600
dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
    ts, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
print(dt.isoformat())
# "2001-08-05T02:46:40.000Z"

What is the Unix timestamp for right now?

Use our live timestamp converter to get the current Unix timestamp. In JavaScript: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000). In Python: int(time.time()). In bash: date +%s.