Glossary › Dates and time
Unix timestamp
The number of seconds since 1 January 1970, 00:00 UTC.
Programs and databases store moments in time as one number, which is easy to sort and compare and does not depend on a time zone. Reading one by eye is hard.
In Ratio, ask for “now in unix” to get the current one.
In Ratio
| You type | Ratio shows |
|---|---|
now in unix | 1792089588 |