How can I generate Unix timestamps?
unix, unix-timestamp
Solution
In Linux or MacOS you can use:
date +%s
where
- `+%s`, seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. (GNU Coreutils 8.24 Date manual)
Example output now 1454000043.
Problem
Related question is "Datetime To Unix timestamp", but this question is more general. I need Unix timestamps to solve my last question. My interests are Python, Ruby and Haskell, but other approaches are welcome. What is the easiest way to generate Unix timestamps?