Timestamp & Countdown Reference

Notable Unix timestamps and live date countdowns

Unix time is the number of seconds that have elapsed since midnight UTC on January 1, 1970 — a moment called the Unix epoch. Because it is just one ever-increasing integer, free of time zones and daylight-saving quirks, it has become the way computers everywhere agree on "when." This reference collects the timestamps developers most often look up, alongside live countdowns to the dates people most often ask about.

Every page here is content-rich and client-side: timestamp pages show the exact UTC date, ISO 8601 and RFC 2822 forms, milliseconds, and ready-to-paste conversion code for JavaScript, Python, and Bash, with a relative-time line that recomputes on each visit. Countdown pages tick down live in your own time zone. Nothing is sent to a server.

Notable Unix timestamps

From the epoch itself to the Y2038 limit, these are the round numbers and milestones worth bookmarking. Each links to a full breakdown.

Date countdowns — how many days until…

Live, ticking countdowns to popular recurring dates and a few fixed engineering milestones. Each page also exposes the date's Unix timestamp.

Build your own

Need a moment that is not listed? The Epoch & Unix Timestamp Converter turns any timestamp into a date and back, the Countdown Timer counts down to any future instant, and the Date Duration Calculator measures the exact span between any two dates.