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Unix time

system for identifying instants in time; the number of seconds that have elapsed since the UTC midnight before 1 January 1970, ignoring leap seconds
CreativeWork time_standard Q14654

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
time standard, interval scale[2]
Counts
second[5]
Used by
Unix-like operating system[3]
Uses
Unix epoch[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en POSIX time en Unix timestamp en Unix time en Epoch time ar توقيت يونيكس ar توقيت يونكس cs Unixový čas de Unixzeit en-gb Epoch time en-gb POSIX time en-gb Unix timestamp es hora Unix es tiempo POSIX es tiempo Unix es Unix hora fa ساعت یونیکس fi Unix-aika fi UNIX-aika fr heure Unix he זמן יוניקס
🔖 Identifiers · 5
File Format Wiki page ID
Unix_time
Freebase ID
/m/03ylwl
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
199310124
Mozilla Developer Network article
Glossary/Unix_time
Namuwiki ID
유닉스 시간

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
time standard, interval scale
Belongs to 1
GNU Core Utilities
Counts 1
second
Used by 1
Unix-like operating system
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Unix time is a time standard[1].

Related Entities

GNU Core Utilities Unix-like operating system

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Lillie Morgan · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Used by → Unix-like operating system
    Uses → Unix epoch
    Mozilla Developer Network article → Glossary/Unix_time
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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