Unix time

See also: UNIX time

English

Alternative forms

UNIX time

Proper noun

A system for describing instants in time, defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970, not counting leap seconds, used in Unix and many other operating systems.

Synonyms

POSIX time

Translations

system for describing instants of time

French: heure Posix f
German: Unixzeit f
Italian: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: UNIX時間 (Yunikkusu jikan), UNIX時刻 (Yunikkusu jikoku)
Spanish: tiempo Unix m

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