Unix time

See also: UNIX time

English

Alternative forms

• UNIX time

Noun

Unix time (countable and uncountable, plural Unix times)

1. (computing, uncountable) A widely used date and time representation that measures time by the number of nonleap seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970.

   Synonym: POSIX time

2. (computing, countable) An individual timestamp using this system.

Translations

system for describing instants of time

• French: heure Posix f
• German: Unixzeit f
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: UNIX時間 (Yunikkusu jikan), UNIX時刻 (Yunikkusu jikoku)
• Russian: Unix-время (Unix-vremja)
• Spanish: tiempo Unix m

Further reading

• Unix time on Wikipedia.Wikipedia