Current Unix Epoch (live)

The current Unix timestamp, updating every second. Click the copy buttons for seconds or milliseconds.

What's a Unix timestamp?

A single integer counting seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (the Unix epoch). It's the most portable way to represent time in computer systems — timezone-independent, easy to compare, easy to compute differences. See our explainer for the full story.

Seconds or milliseconds?

Most systems use seconds. JavaScript and Java use milliseconds. Some databases use microseconds. When you copy "now" from this tool, pick the unit your system expects. If unsure: most languages with a time() function return seconds; JavaScript's Date.now() returns milliseconds. See the comparison.

Programmatic "now"

# Bash
date +%s                       # seconds
date +%s%3N                    # milliseconds (GNU)

# Python
import time
time.time()                    # float seconds with sub-second precision
int(time.time() * 1000)        # ms

# JavaScript / Node
Date.now()                     # ms
Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)  # seconds

# Go
time.Now().Unix()              # seconds
time.Now().UnixMilli()         # ms

# PostgreSQL
SELECT EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM NOW())::bigint;

# MySQL
SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP();

# Curl test (returns server's idea of "now" in HTTP Date header)
curl -sI https://www.google.com | grep -i ^date:

Why this is useful

Anyone working with logs, distributed systems, or time-series data needs to translate between timestamps and human-readable dates a few times an hour. Having a tab open with the current Unix epoch is surprisingly useful — keep it pinned.

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