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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T22:36:39+00:00 2026-05-11T22:36:39+00:00

I need something simple like date , but in seconds since 1970 instead of

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I need something simple like date, but in seconds since 1970 instead of the current date, hours, minutes, and seconds.

date doesn’t seem to offer that option. Is there an easy way?

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    2026-05-11T22:36:40+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 10:36 pm

    This should work:

    date +%s
    

    As recently corrected in the date manual:

    %s = seconds since the Epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC)

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