http://95.179.246.60/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Get_date_and_time_as_Unix_epoch Get date and time as Unix epoch - Revision history 2026-05-08T12:47:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 http://95.179.246.60/mediawiki/index.php?title=Get_date_and_time_as_Unix_epoch&diff=96&oldid=prev Nmingott: imported material 2025-05-04T20:26:32Z <p>imported material</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Problem&#039;&#039;&#039;. You want the current date and time as a Unix epoch. That is, roughly speaking, as number of seconds since 01-Jan-1970.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Solution&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> DateAndTime now unixTimeSeconds . &quot;=&gt; 1629056092 &quot;<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Exercise&#039;&#039;&#039;. Get the same number running the Linux &lt;code&gt;date&lt;/code&gt; command as an external program.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Exercise&#039;&#039;&#039;. Read the method &lt;code&gt;DateAndTime#unitTimeSeconds&lt;/code&gt;.</div> Nmingott