Unix Timestamp Converter

Enter seconds since Unix epoch (UTC). Millisecond timestamps are detected automatically.

Timestamp

Enter a numeric Unix timestamp to convert.

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Terminal Equivalent

Convert Unix timestamps directly in your terminal without any tools.

bash

# Convert Unix timestamp to human-readable date (Linux/Mac)
date -d @1733569200
# Output: Sat Dec  7 04:00:00 UTC 2024

# Mac/BSD syntax
date -r 1733569200

# Get current Unix timestamp
date +%s

# Convert date to timestamp
date -d "2024-12-07 04:00:00 UTC" +%s

Language Quick Reference

python

# Python
import datetime
ts = 1733569200
dt = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
print(dt.isoformat())  # 2024-12-07T04:00:00+00:00

# Get current timestamp
import time
print(int(time.time()))

How It Works

Unix timestamps count seconds elapsed since the Unix epoch — January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. This date was chosen because it was a convenient round number when Unix was being developed at Bell Labs. Negative timestamps represent dates before 1970. The maximum 32-bit timestamp is 2,147,483,647 (January 19, 2038) — the Y2038 problem. 64-bit systems extend this to year 292 billion.