"Unix time" meaning in English

See Unix time in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Unix time
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: en:Unix time Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: POSIX time, UNIX time Translations (system for describing instants of time): heure Posix [feminine] (French), Unixzeit [feminine] (German), UNIX時間 (Yunikkusu jikan) (Japanese), UNIX時刻 (Yunikkusu jikoku) (Japanese), tiempo Unix [masculine] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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