A Unix timestamp (or Epoch time) is the number of seconds that have elapsed
since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC). It's widely used in programming and databases to
store date/time information.
Common Use Cases
Database date storage
API request timestamps
Log file analysis
Cache expiration times
Timestamp Converter FAQs
The Unix Epoch is January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. All Unix timestamps are
calculated as seconds (or milliseconds) since this moment.