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Unix time: History, Culture, Events & Standards

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 topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Culture, Events and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Unix time.

Related topics
104
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
112
Extracted relationships
99
Concept neighborhoods
30
Bridge connections
112

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Usage · 28 topics
Definition · 26 topics
Overview · 19 topics
Notable events in Unix time · 15 topics
Alternatives · 6 topics
In popular culture · 4 topics
Limitations · 4 topics
History · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Definition

History

Usage

Limitations

Alternatives

Notable events in Unix time

In popular culture

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Unix time connects Entity context

The extracted context around Unix time shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Unix time → Coordinated Universal Time, Each, Earth, Earth's, For, In Unix, International Atomic Time, On, TAI, Unix, UTC Another extracted example is Unix time → Almost, API, APIs, C's Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows, POSIX, The, Unix, Unix-based, Unix-like. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Unix time

Top relations

related to Leap seconds · 11
Unix time → Coordinated Universal Time, Each, Earth, Earth's, For, In Unix, International Atomic Time, On, TAI, Unix, UTC
related to Usage · 11
Unix time → Almost, API, APIs, C's Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows, POSIX, The, Unix, Unix-based, Unix-like
related to Alternatives · 10
Unix time → Active Directory Time Service, AD, Azure Cosmos DB'sGetCurrentTicksStaticfunction, GMT, January, Server Message Block, The, The Network Time Protocol, Unix, Windows
related to Notable events in Unix time · 9
Unix time → Among, As, January, Saturday, The, These, Unix, Usually, UTC
related to UTC basis · 9
Unix time → Earth's, GMT, January, Prior, SI, The, The Unix, Unix, UTC
related to history · 8
Unix time → Early, Hz, January, The, Timestamps, Unix, Unix's, UTC
related to Range of representable times · 8
Unix time → As, Date, December, January, The, Unix, UTC, Year
related to Representing the number · 8
Unix time → Friday, However, In, One, The, The Unix, Tuesday, Unix
related to Definition · 7
Unix time → For, January, Negative, The Unix, Thursday, Unix, UTC
related to External links · 7
Unix time → Date Algorithms, Gregorian, Julian, Landon Curt Nollchrono-Compatible Low-Level, POSIX, Unix, Unix Programmer's Manual

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

unix time leap utc seconds epoch number second used january posix systems system timestamps since times also signed use form

Unix time relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 99 structured relationships around Unix time. Examples in this analysis include Unix time → is a → date and time representation widely used in computing and macOS → instance of → including Microsoft Windows and Unix-like systems. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Unix time bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Unix, Number and Utc. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Unix time
    • Unix
    • Number
    • Utc
    • Leap
    • Epoch
    • Second
    • Seconds
    • Used
    • System
    • January
    • Systems
    • Use
  • unix time
    • Unix
    • Leap
    • Number
    • Utc
    • Seconds
    • Second
    • Epoch
    • Used
    • System
    • January
    • Systems
    • Use
  • seconds
    • Leap
    • Utc
    • Time
    • Since
    • Day
    • Unix
    • Epoch
    • January
    • Every
    • Times
    • Form
    • Use
  • epoch
    • Since
    • January
    • Unix
    • Years
    • Used
    • Number
    • Time
    • Times
    • Seconds
    • Systems
    • Utc
    • Timestamps
  • system time
    • Unix
    • Leap
    • Number
    • Utc
    • Seconds
    • Second
    • Posix
    • Operating
    • Systems
    • System
    • Time
    • Epoch
  • unix
    • Number
    • Utc
    • Leap
    • Epoch
    • Second
    • Seconds
    • Used
    • System
    • January
    • Systems
    • Use
    • Times
  • civil time
    • Unix
    • Leap
    • Number
    • Utc
    • Seconds
    • Second
    • System
    • Epoch
    • Used
    • Systems
    • Use
    • Posix
  • iana time zone database
    • Unix
    • Leap
    • Number
    • Utc
    • Seconds
    • Second
    • System
    • Epoch
    • Used
    • Systems
    • Use
    • Posix

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Unix time, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Unix time with Usage. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Unix time — Usage · splits 84 ⟂ 29
Unix time — Definition · splits 86 ⟂ 27
Unix time — Overview · splits 93 ⟂ 20
Unix time — Notable events in Unix time · splits 97 ⟂ 16
Unix time — Alternatives · splits 106 ⟂ 7
Unix time — Limitations · splits 108 ⟂ 5
Unix time — In popular culture · splits 108 ⟂ 5
Unix time — History · splits 110 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Unix time

Nodes113
Edges112
Triples99
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Unix time to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Culture, Events & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Unix time · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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