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Unix time

system for identifying instants in time; the number of seconds that have elapsed since the UTC midnight before 1 January 1970, ignoring leap seconds
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Unix time

Summary

Unix time is a time standard[1]. It draws 1,649 Wikipedia views per month (time_standard category, ranking #3 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Unix time's instance of is recorded as time standard[3].
  • Unix time's instance of is recorded as interval scale[4].
  • Unix time's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ylwl[5].
  • Unix time's used by is recorded as Unix-like operating system[6].
  • Unix time's uses is recorded as Unix epoch[7].
  • Unix time's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as Unix_time[8].
  • Unix time's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 199310124[9].
  • Unix time's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 유닉스 시간[10].
  • Unix time's counts is recorded as second[11].

Why It Matters

Unix time draws 1,649 Wikipedia views per month (time_standard category, ranking #3 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

GNU Core Utilities Unix-like operating system

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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