FromUnixTime
FromUnixTime[time]
gives a date object corresponding to a UnixTime specification.
Details and Options
- FromUnixTime[time] returns a DateObject expression based on the number of seconds time that have elapsed since {1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0.} Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), not counting leap seconds.
- FromUnixTime[time,TimeZone->z] generates a DateObject expression with time zone z. The default value is $TimeZone.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (2)
Create a DateObject expression from a Unix time specification:
Get the start date for Unix time, expressed in the GMT time zone:
Options (1)
TimeZone (1)
Specify the time zone for the output DateObject expression:
Properties & Relations (2)
FromUnixTime converts from Unix time into a DateObject expression:
UnixTime converts back into Unix time form:
If Unix time was stored in a signed 32-bit integer, then it would cover a period of about 136 years:
FromUnixTime can work with much larger integers:
Possible Issues (1)
By default, FromUnixTime returns results in your $TimeZone:
For a historical value of a time stamp in a given location at a given time, LocalTime can be used:
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), FromUnixTime, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FromUnixTime.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "FromUnixTime." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FromUnixTime.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). FromUnixTime. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FromUnixTime.html