Date to Unix Timestamp

Convert any date and time to Unix timestamp

About Date to Unix Timestamp

This tool converts any date and time into a Unix timestamp. A Unix timestamp is the number of seconds that have passed since January 1, 1970, at 00:00:00 UTC.

Pick a month, day, year, hour, and minute from the dropdowns, then click Convert. You will get the timestamp in seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, and nanoseconds so you can use whichever format your system requires.

The date defaults to the current time so you can quickly grab today's timestamp or adjust it to any date you need.

When You Need This

  • Generating timestamps for API requests
  • Setting expiry dates in database records
  • Creating test data with specific dates
  • Converting birthday or anniversary dates to epoch time