How to get the current epoch time in …
June 22nd, 2010
| Perl | time |
| PHP | time() |
| Ruby | Time.now (or Time.new). To display the epoch: Time.now.to_i |
| Python | import time first, then time.time() |
| Java | long epoch = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000; |
| Microsoft .NET C# | epoch = (DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().Ticks - 621355968000000000) / 10000000; |
| VBScript/ASP | DateDiff("s", "01/01/1970 00:00:00", Now()) |
| Erlang | calendar:datetime_to_gregorian_seconds(calendar:now_to_universal_time( now()))-719528*24*3600. |
| MySQL | SELECT unix_timestamp(now())  |
| PostgreSQL | SELECT extract(epoch FROM now()); |
| Oracle PL/SQL | SELECT (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01-01-1970 00:00:00', 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) * |
| SQL Server | SELECT DATEDIFF(s, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', GETUTCDATE()) |
| JavaScript | Math.round(new Date().getTime()/1000.0) getTime() returns time in milliseconds. |
| Unix/Linux | date +%s |
| Other OS’s | Command line: perl -e "print time" (If Perl is installed on your system) |