Unix Timestamp Converter

Unix Timestamp is a way or method to calculate the time as a running total of seconds. The Unix Timestamp Converter is a free online Epoch Converter that helps convert the Epoch/Unix time into a human-readable date format.

Unix Timestamp, also known as Unix Epoch, POSIX time or simply Epoch, is a way to track the time in seconds or the time passed since January 1, 1970, at 00:00:00 UTC (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC), but not counting leap seconds (in ISO 8601: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z).

The Epoch value is Unix time 0 on January 1, 1970, at 00:00:00 UTC, and the count started at Unix Epoch on January 1, 1970. Therefore, Unix time is the number of seconds between the particular date and the Unix Epoch.

You cannot deny the importance of Unix Timestamps. Unix Timestamp helps you calculate the time in seconds.

• Therefore, you can make some necessary conversions to present it in a human-readable format.
• 1 Minute = 60 seconds
• 1 Hour = 3,600 seconds
• 1 Day = 86,400 seconds
• 1 Week = 604,800 seconds
• 1 Month =2,629,743 seconds (30.44 days on average)
• 1 Year = 31,556,926 seconds (365.24 days on average)

Note: One thing to noticeis that a month is averaged out (30.44 days on average) because each month contains a different number of days. So that is why it is averaged out to account for a different number of days. Similarly, a year is averaged out (365.24 days on average). From that calculation, you can figure out that the Unix year is ¼ day longer than the calendar year to account for one leap day after every four years.

• As this is the standard and globally accepted way to track time, time does not change, no matter where you are located in the world. It represents the constant measure of time across different time zones. Therefore, it is helpful for developers and computer scientists. 
• For example, a Unix Timestamp of 1603696732 can represent both 03:18:52 am on 26.10.2020 in New York, and 07:18:52 am on 26.10.2020 in London, and 21:03:52 pm on 26.10.2020 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Many computer systems adopt that timestamp to track and sort dated information in their dynamic and distributed applications, both for the online and client-side end. 

Moreover, any website visitor can see the website in real-time rather than its server's time zone due to Unix Timestamp. That is also helpful for the forums, where the forums receive traffic from multiple countries. You can also record when the visitors log in and register a time and a date when the blog is published on the website.

UTC means Coordinated Universal Time and represents the universal time by keeping the standards by themselves. In contrast, GMT means Greenwich Mean Time and represents the time of the Greenwich meridian time zone. However, both UTC and GMT provide time in absolute value, which happens to be identical values; that is why they are interchangeable.

The January 2038 Problem, What will happen next?

But the problem is that the Unix timestamp is bound to work under 32-bit overflow. And many computer systems store the Unix Time date as a signed 32-bit integer. Therefore on January 19, 2038, the Unix Timestamp will stop working due to its 32-bit overflow. 

Therefore, before that time, millions of users have to adopt the new conversion system. However, still, there is no universally accepted solution to this problem. Maybe the users have to switch to the 64-bit system to buy a bit more time. However, several solutions have been proposed, but there is still no proper acceptable solution.

To find the Current Epoch/Unix Timestamp, perform the following steps.

• Open the Online Free Unix Timestamp Converter. 
• The tool will provide you the Current Unix Timestamp.
• The format is provided in d.m.Y H:i:s (day.month.year Hour:minute:second).
• Please select the "Time Zone" as per your requirement.
• Click on the "Convert" button.
• The tool will provide you the Unix time in a human-readable format.

Note: To get the current and accurate calculations, please refresh the page or use the refresh button next to UTC to get the Current Unix Timestamp.