Incident timelines
Translate raw log timestamps into readable strings for updates, emails, and postmortems.
Documentation
Timestamp → Datetime documentation
Convert Unix timestamps into readable datetimes with timezone highlights and copy-ready snippets.
Overview
Use it when the format needs to change, not the meaning
Use this guide when you have a Unix timestamp and need the same instant in a readable date, a timezone-specific string, or a UTC copy.
Audit-ready exports
Share UTC and local views of the same instant to keep compliance notes aligned.
Cross-team coordination
Normalize shared timestamps when teams work across multiple time zones.
Supported inputs
Bring clean source text and keep the direction straight
- Accept Unix timestamps in seconds and trim millisecond values before you paste them.
- Handles negative timestamps for pre-1970 dates and large future values within the available integer range.
- Timezone selection expects GMT offsets such as `+00:00`, `-05:00`, or any other supported offset.
Walk through it
Follow the same sequence you see in the tool
Workflow
Convert a timestamp into readable datetime text
Use the main form when you already have the epoch value and need to inspect the instant.
- Paste the Unix timestamp or use the current-timestamp shortcut when you want to start from now.
- Choose the timezone preset or the GMT offset that matches the source system.
- Click Convert timestamp to datetime and review the ISO, UTC, and relative-time output.
- Copy the values that match the audience you are sending the result to.
Workflow
Line up snippets with the output
Use the snippet lineup when you need the same timestamp in SQL, PHP, JavaScript, or a shell command.
- Scan the snippet lineup and pick the language that matches the next tool in your workflow.
- Use the timezone-aware output to confirm the code sample should stay in UTC or the selected offset.
- Copy the snippet after you verify the timestamp and timezone still describe the same instant.
What you get
Check the result before you copy it into the next step
Readability first
ISO 8601 strings and UTC views make the instant easy to inspect before you share it.
Relative context
The relative-time view helps you sanity-check whether the timestamp is recent or historical.
Copy-ready text
Use the copy controls to move the timestamp, date string, or UTC output into docs and scripts.
Avoid these mistakes
Small input problems create the biggest conversion errors
Using milliseconds as seconds
Trim or divide millisecond values before you convert them or the output will point to the wrong instant.
Skipping timezone review
Make sure the selected offset matches the source system before you copy the result into a ticket or script.
Copying only one view
Keep both the human-readable string and the UTC copy when the output needs to survive a handoff.