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Unix time

Unix time is a date and time representation widely used in computing. It measures time by the number of non-leap seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on 1 January 2010, Unix time was 1262304000.

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Unix time

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Unix time → Date Algorithms, Gregorian, Julian, Landon Curt Nollchrono-Compatible Low-Level, POSIX, Unix, Unix Programmer's Manual

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Unix timeis adate and time representation widely used in computing0.90text
macOSinstance ofincluding Microsoft Windows and Unix-like systems0.80text
Linuxinstance ofincluding Microsoft Windows and Unix-like systems0.80text
where it is a standard programming interface.iOS provides a Swift API which defaults to using an epoch of 1 January 2001 but can also be used with Unix timestampsinstance ofincluding Microsoft Windows and Unix-like systems0.80text
the Active Directory Time Serviceinstance ofWindows epoch time is used to store timestamps for files and in protocols0.80text
Server Message Block.The Network Time Protocol used to coordinate time between computers uses an epoch of 1 January 1900instance ofWindows epoch time is used to store timestamps for files and in protocols0.80text
counted in an unsigned 32-bit integer for secondsinstance ofWindows epoch time is used to store timestamps for files and in protocols0.80text
another unsigned 32-bit integer for fractional secondsinstance ofWindows epoch time is used to store timestamps for files and in protocols0.80text
which rolls over every 232 secondsinstance ofWindows epoch time is used to store timestamps for files and in protocols0.80text
Unix timerelated to AlternativesUnix0.60section
Unix timerelated to AlternativesThe0.60section
Unix timerelated to AlternativesWindows0.60section

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