How To Get The Current Epoch Time (Unix Timestamp)

September 30, 2010

Perl: time PHP: time() Ruby: Time.now # (or Time.new). To display the epoch: Time.now.to_i Python: import time # first, then int(time.time()) Java: long epoch = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000; Microsoft .NET C#: epoch = (DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().Ticks - 621355968000000000) / 10000000; VBScript/ASP: DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", Now()) Erlang: calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds(calendar:now_to_universal_time( now()))-719528*24*3600. # OR element(1, now()) * 10000 + element(2, now()). MySQL: SELECT unix_timestamp(now()) PostgreSQL: SELECT extract(epoch FROM now()); Oracle PL/SQL: SELECT (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01-01-1970 00:00:00', 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) * 24 * 60 * 60 FROM DUAL SQL Server: SELECT DATEDIFF(s, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', GETUTCDATE()) JavaScript: Math. ...