Unix Timestamp

Definition

A way to track time as a running total of seconds. It counts the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (UTC).

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Time Zone Planner

Used widely in computing because it's a single number, making it easy to sort and calculate differences. Epoch: 00:00:00 UTC on 1 Jan 1970.

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