Current Unix time 1724688159 (update) (2024-08-26T16:02:39+00:00)
Unix time passed 1000000000 seconds in 9 September 2001 01:46:40 UTC.[1]
Unix time is the number of seconds that have passed since the initial date and time known by UNIX as Tuesday 1 January 1970 00:00:00UTC.[2] It is mostly used in Unix-like and many other operating systems. People can check Unix time on most Unix computers by typing date +%s on the Unix command line.