What is Unix Timestamp 0?
The Unix epoch - the moment from which all Unix time is counted: midnight UTC on January 1, 1970. Negative timestamps go back further; positive ones forward.
Full Breakdown
| Unix (seconds) | 0 |
| Unix (milliseconds) | 0 |
| ISO 8601 (UTC) | 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| RFC 2822 | Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT |
| Human Readable | January 1, 1970 12:00:00 AM UTC |
| Day of Week | Thursday |
| Year | 1970 |
In Major Timezones
| Zone | Local Time |
| UTC | 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| New York (ET) | 1969-12-31 19:00:00 EST |
| Los Angeles (PT) | 1969-12-31 16:00:00 PST |
| London | 1970-01-01 01:00:00 GMT+1 |
| Paris | 1970-01-01 01:00:00 GMT+1 |
| Tokyo | 1970-01-01 09:00:00 GMT+9 |
| Sydney | 1970-01-01 10:00:00 GMT+10 |
Nearby Timestamps
| Offset | Timestamp | ISO 8601 (UTC) |
| 1 year before |
-31536000 |
1969-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| 1 week before |
-604800 |
1969-12-25T00:00:00Z |
| 1 day before |
-86400 |
1969-12-31T00:00:00Z |
| 1 day after |
86400 |
1970-01-02T00:00:00Z |
| 1 week after |
604800 |
1970-01-08T00:00:00Z |
| 1 year after |
31536000 |
1971-01-01T00:00:00Z |