Epoch Converter

Epoch time to a readable date, and back

Current Unix time

 

 

Timestamp to date

UTC
Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT
ISO 8601
2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Your time zone
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Relative
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Seconds
1767225600
Milliseconds
1767225600000

Date to timestamp

Time zone of the date
Seconds
1767225600
Milliseconds
1767225600000
ISO 8601
2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Epoch Converter guide

Epoch time, also called Unix time or POSIX time, is the number of seconds since the Unix epoch: 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970. This epoch converter shows the current epoch time live and turns any epoch value into a human-readable date, or a date into epoch time.

Epoch time in seconds and milliseconds

Most systems count in seconds, but JavaScript and Java count in milliseconds, and some tools in microseconds or nanoseconds. Paste any of them; the converter reads the unit from the number of digits.

  • Seconds, 10 digits. The classic Unix timestamp, used by most servers, databases, and APIs.
  • Milliseconds, 13 digits. What JavaScript's Date.now() and Java's System.currentTimeMillis() return.
  • Microseconds, 16 digits. Common in Python's datetime and in database logs.
  • Nanoseconds, 19 digits. Used by Go's time.UnixNano(), InfluxDB, and OpenTelemetry traces.

Well-known epoch values

  • 0. 00:00:00 UTC, 1 January 1970, the epoch itself.
  • 1000000000. 01:46:40 UTC, 9 September 2001, when epoch time first reached ten digits.
  • 1767225600. Midnight UTC, 1 January 2026.
  • 2147483647. 03:14:07 UTC, 19 January 2038, the largest value a signed 32-bit integer can hold.

Converting epoch time on the command line

# Linux: epoch to date
date -d @1767225600

# macOS: epoch to date
date -r 1767225600

# Current epoch time
date +%s

Frequently asked questions

What is epoch time?
The number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970, the Unix epoch. It is also called Unix time or a Unix timestamp.
How do I convert epoch time to a readable date?
Paste the epoch value into the Timestamp box. You get the date in UTC, in ISO 8601, and in your own time zone.
How do I get the current epoch time?
It is shown live at the top of this page, in seconds and milliseconds. In code, use Date.now() in JavaScript or time.time() in Python.
Why is epoch time counted from 1970?
The early Unix developers chose 1 January 1970 as a convenient, recent round date when they designed the system clock, and it became the standard.