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Unix Timestamp to Date Converter

Paste a Unix timestamp and read it as a human-friendly date — in UTC, your local timezone, or any of hundreds of IANA timezones. The precision (seconds, milliseconds, or microseconds) is detected automatically.

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One timestamp, every format.

Convert epoch time to dates and back. Precision auto-detected, timezone your choice.

Dates below render in the timezone above. Press / to focus the field.

Deep-link any timestamp with ?ts=1722750000

How to convert a Unix timestamp to a date

Paste the value into the converter above and the date appears instantly: UTC, your local timezone, ISO 8601, RFC 2822, and a relative reading like "3 days ago". To pin the result to a specific timezone, open the timezone picker and search for any IANA zone — Asia/Kolkata, Europe/Berlin, America/New_York, and so on.

You can also deep-link a value for later: open /?ts=1722750000 and the converter pre-fills it. Bookmark that URL and the number stays one click away.

Seconds, milliseconds, or microseconds?

A Unix timestamp counts the seconds since January 1, 1970, UTC — but many systems count in smaller units, and mixing them up is the classic timestamp bug. This converter detects the unit from the number of digits (10 = seconds, 13 = milliseconds, 16 = microseconds), or you can lock the unit manually with the buttons next to the input.

  • 10 digits — seconds: 1722750000 → Aug 4, 2024 05:40:00 UTC. Used by PHP time(), Python time.time(), and most databases.
  • 13 digits — milliseconds: 1722750000123 → the same instant, with 123 ms. Used by JavaScript Date.now() and Java System.currentTimeMillis().
  • 16 digits — microseconds: 1722750000123456. Used by Go time.Now().UnixMicro() and high-precision telemetry.

Example conversions

  • 0 → January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC — the Unix epoch itself.
  • 1614556800 → March 1, 2021 00:00:00 UTC.
  • 1700000000 → November 14, 2023 22:13:20 UTC.
  • 1767225600000 → January 1, 2026 00:00:00 UTC (milliseconds).

Where you will find Unix timestamps

Unix time is how computers record moments, so you will meet it everywhere you debug:

  • File listings and terminal output — stat, ls --full-time, dmesg.
  • Application and server logs, often with 10-digit or 13-digit values.
  • Database rows — MySQL UNIX_TIMESTAMP(), Postgres EXTRACT(EPOCH ...).
  • API payloads, JWT claims (iat, exp), and analytics events.

When a log shows a number like 1718841600, paste it here and it becomes June 20, 2024 00:00:00 UTC in a single keystroke.

Negative timestamps and fractional seconds

Timestamps before 1970 are negative — -86400 is December 31, 1969. Fractions are handled too: 1722750000.5 is half a second past the whole second, and the converter keeps the fractional part in its milliseconds and microseconds columns.

Convert a whole list at once

Need to decode a spreadsheet of timestamps? Use the batch converter on the home page — paste one value per line (or comma-separated) and every row converts in a single pass, with TSV/CSV export. Or go the other direction with the date to epoch converter.

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Sources & references

More timestamp tools

Need the reverse direction, another precision, or a whole list at once? The epoch time converter on the home page converts dates to Unix timestamps and back — seconds, milliseconds, or microseconds — with batch conversion, and the Unix timestamp to date converter handles one value at a time.

Prefer reading? The guides explain Unix time, timestamp formats, and common bugs in depth, and the methodology page documents exactly how this site handles negative timestamps, fractional seconds, leap seconds, and daylight-saving transitions.

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