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Unix Timestamps in Bash / CLI

GNU date and BSD / macOS date command recipes.

Complete Bash / CLI Recipe

# 1. Get current Unix timestamp
date +%s

# 2. Convert timestamp (1710000000) to human date (GNU / Linux):
date -d @1710000000 -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"

# 2b. Convert timestamp (1710000000) to human date (macOS / BSD):
date -r 1710000000 -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"

# 3. Convert ISO date to timestamp (GNU date):
date -d "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z" +%s

Test With Live Converter

Epoch → Human Date

Paste any Unix timestamp. The unit is auto-detected from its magnitude.

Enter Unix Timestamp

Auto-detects seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, or nanoseconds. Example: 1735689600

Detected:Auto (Seconds)

Target Timezone

UTC ISO 8601

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Local — auto

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RFC 2822 / GMT

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Seconds Value

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Relative Time

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