Unix Timestamp in Go

Look up the current epoch time and convert between Unix seconds and UTC dates in Go.

Get the current timestamp

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    fmt.Println(time.Now().Unix())
}

Timestamp to date

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    fmt.Println(time.Unix(1_700_000_000, 0).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339))
}

Date to timestamp

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func main() {
    date, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2023-11-14T22:13:20Z")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(date.Unix())
}

Open 1700000000 in the converter

Current Unix time

Seconds—

Milliseconds—

UTC: —
My time zone: —

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How to use it

Copy the current-time example into your Go environment to read Unix seconds.
Run the second example to display 1700000000 as a UTC date.
Run the last example to convert that date back into seconds.

time.Unix takes seconds and a separate nanosecond argument. Call UTC() before formatting so the output is independent of the machine’s time zone.