Linux Timestamp Conversion: Quick Guide

In Linux systems, the date command can be used to convert timestamps. Here are some commonly used methods for timestamp conversion.

  1. Convert timestamp to datetime format.
date -d @<timestamp>

is the timestamp value to convert.

  1. Convert the date and time format to a timestamp.
date -d "<date time>" "+%s"

The is the date and time string to be converted.

  1. Get the current timestamp.
date "+%s"

With the above command, it is easy to convert between timestamps and date times in a Linux system.

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