How To Get The Current Epoch Time (Unix Timestamp)

How To Get The Current Epoch Time (Unix Timestamp)

September 30, 2010
  • Perl:
time
  • PHP:
time()
  • Ruby:
Time.now # (or Time.new). To display the epoch: Time.now.to_i
  • Python:
import time # first, then int(time.time())
  • Java:
long epoch = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;
  • Microsoft .NET C#:
epoch = (DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().Ticks - 621355968000000000) / 10000000;
  • VBScript/ASP:
DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", Now())
  • Erlang:
calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds(calendar:now_to_universal_time( now()))-719528*24*3600. # OR element(1, now()) * 10000 + element(2, now()).
  • MySQL:
SELECT unix_timestamp(now())
  • PostgreSQL:
SELECT extract(epoch FROM now());
  • Oracle PL/SQL:
SELECT (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01-01-1970 00:00:00', 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) * 24 * 60 * 60 FROM DUAL
  • SQL Server:
SELECT DATEDIFF(s, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', GETUTCDATE())
  • JavaScript:
Math.round(new Date().getTime()/1000.0) // getTime() returns time in milliseconds.
  • Unix/Linux Shell:
date +%s
  • PowerShell:
Get-Date -UFormat "%s" # Produces: 1279152364.63599
  • Actionscript:
(new Date()).time
  • Other OS’s Command line:
perl -e "print time" # (If Perl is installed on your system)
  • ColdFusion (CFML) MX 6.1+:
#int( getTickCount() / 1000 )#
  • Bash Command Line:
date +%s