Current Unix Timestamp, Live

This page shows the current Unix timestamp and keeps it ticking. The large figure is the number of whole seconds since the start of 1970 in UTC; underneath it is the same moment in milliseconds, which is what JavaScript and many APIs use. Both can be copied with one click.

Alongside the live values you get the current date in UTC and in your own timezone, so you can confirm the clock matches what you expect. A short table gives timestamps for common future moments, such as one hour, one day, one week and thirty days from now, which saves doing the arithmetic when you are setting an expiry.

The clock comes from your own device. If your system time is wrong, the timestamp shown here will be wrong in the same way, so it is worth checking your device clock when a value looks surprising.

• Live current timestamp in seconds and milliseconds
• Freeze and resume the ticking clock
• Current UTC and local date and time
• Ready-made timestamps for common future intervals
• One-click copy on every value
• Reads your device clock, with no network request

The unix timestamp generator is used by writers, developers, students, marketers and anyone else who needs the job done once without installing software. Common cases include:

• Grabbing a timestamp for a test fixture or seed record
• Setting an expiry value for a token or cache key
• Checking that a server and a client agree on the time
• Filling a timestamp field in an API request by hand
• Teaching how epoch time relates to a readable date