Unix time

Current Unix time
1732424455 (update)
(2024-11-24T05:00:55+00:00)

Unix time is the number of seconds that have passed since the initial date and time known by UNIX as Tuesday 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC.^[2] It is mostly used in Unix-like and many other operating systems. People can check Unix time on most Unix computers by typing date +%s on the Unix command line.

↑ Manjdo, Farhad. "Unix Tick Tocks to a Billion | WIRED". Wired. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
↑ "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, section 4.16 Seconds Since the Epoch". The Open Group. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[1] Manjdo, Farhad. "Unix Tick Tocks to a Billion | WIRED". Wired. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[single-unix-spec-4.16-2] "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, section 4.16 Seconds Since the Epoch". The Open Group. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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