About This Unix Time Clock

Epoch clock, posix timestamp clock, unixtimer

This unix time clock (also called epoch clock or unixtimer) displays the current epoch time as it increments every second. The epoch now value shown above is the exact time since epoch — the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (unix time start).

What This Clock Shows

Epoch seconds — Standard unix timestamp (10 digits)
Epoch time milliseconds — For JavaScript, Java (13 digits)
Microseconds & Nanoseconds — High-precision timestamps
UTC & Local time — Human-readable formats

Unix Now Reference

Use the pause button to freeze the display when you need to copy a specific unix now value. The current time unix updates every second, showing you the live epoch timestamp.

Get Current Epoch Time in Code

How to get unix now, epoch seconds, and current timestamp in popular programming languages.

JavaScript

Use Date.now() to get epoch javascript in milliseconds. Divide by 1000 for epoch seconds.

// Get current epoch time in JavaScript
const epochMs = Date.now();           // milliseconds
const epochSec = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000); // seconds

Python

Python epoch time uses time.time() which returns unix time as a float in seconds.

import time
# Get epoch in python
epoch_sec = int(time.time())        # seconds
epoch_ms = int(time.time() * 1000)  # milliseconds

PostgreSQL

Use EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ...) to get postgresql epoch, or to_timestamp() for postgresql epoch to timestamp conversion.

-- PostgreSQL extract epoch
SELECT EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM NOW());

-- PostgreSQL epoch to timestamp
SELECT to_timestamp(1704067200);

Bash / Linux

Get unix seconds with date +%s. Convert unix seconds to date with date -d.

# Get unix now / unix seconds
date +%s

# Unix seconds to date
date -d @1704067200

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current epoch time?

The current epoch time (epoch now) is displayed at the top of this page, updating every second. It shows the time since epoch — seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 UTC.

What is unix time start?

Unix time start (the epoch) is January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. This is when unix timestamp equals 0. All unix time values count seconds from this moment.

Need to convert a timestamp?

Use our Epoch Converter to convert unix timestamp to date, or convert any date to its unix time equivalent.

Epoch Time - Current Epoch Unix Time

Timestamps

Human Readable