Unix Timestamp Converter

A Unix timestamp is the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 at 00:00:00 UTC — a reference point known as the Unix Epoch. It is the standard way computers store and compare dates and times internally because a single integer is simpler to store, compare, and calculate with than a formatted date string. The current Unix timestamp displayed on this page updates every second in real time. Converting between Unix timestamps and human-readable dates is a frequent need for developers working with APIs, database records, log files, and authentication tokens — JWT tokens store their expiry time as a Unix timestamp in the payload.