Time Epochs

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Epochs

Here's some of the time formats that Truxton can handle. Wikipedia has a better list. The Truxton software uses FILETIME for all time calculations.

Name Epoch Clock Tick Data Type Digits Sample SQLite
.Net Ticks 01 Jan 0001 100 Nanosecond Integer 18 637702123019480000 DATETIME(([time] / 10000000) - 62135596800, 'unixepoch')
Apple NSDate
Apple Cocoa Core
01 Jan 2001 1 Second Integer 9 656351501 DATETIME([time] + 978307200, 'unixepoch')
Apple NSDate
Apple Cocoa Core
01 Jan 2001 1 Nanosecond Integer 18 656351501948449001 DATETIME(([time] / 1000000000) + 978307200, 'unixepoch')
Chrome 01 Jan 1601 1 Microsecond Integer 17 13279089101948000 DATETIME(([time] / 1000000) - 11644473600, 'unixepoch')
Unix 01 Jan 1970 1 Second Integer 10 1634658701 DATETIME([time], 'unixepoch')
Unix 01 Jan 1970 1 Millisecond Integer 13 1634658701948 DATETIME([time] / 1000, 'unixepoch')
Unix 01 Jan 1970 1 Microsecond Integer 16 1634658701948449 DATETIME([time] / 1000000, 'unixepoch')
Unix 01 Jan 1970 1 Nanosecond Integer 19 1634658701948449001 DATETIME([time] / 1000000000, 'unixepoch')
UUID Type 1 15 Oct 1582 100 Nanosecond Integer
Windows COM 30 Dec 1899 1 Day Float DATETIME(([time] * 86400) - 2209161600, 'unixepoch')
Windows FILETIME 01 Jan 1601 100 Nanosecond Integer 18 132790891019480000 DATETIME(([time] / 10000000) - 11644473600, 'unixepoch')

Apple Cocoa Core

Cocoa Core (aka NSDate) is the number of seconds (32-bit value) since 01 Jan 2001. The 64-bit version is the number of nanoseconds since 01 Jan 2001.

Chrome

Chrome stores the time as a 64-bit integer representing the number of microseconds since 01 Jan 1601.

Firefox

Firefox (PRTime) stores the time as a 64-bit integer representing the number of microseconds since 01 Jan 1970.

Unix Time

This is a 32-bit integer holding the number of clock ticks since 01 Jan 1970. You will see this value in a variety of ticks.

Hints

The Unix epoch can be stored in several different clock ticks.

Digits Clock Tick Units Example SQLite
10 One Second 1634658701 DATETIME([time], 'unixepoch')
13 One Millisecond 1634658701948 DATETIME([time] / 1000, 'unixepoch')
16 One Microsecond 1634658701948449 DATETIME([time] / 1000000, 'unixepoch')
19 One Nanosecond 1634658701948449001 DATETIME([time] / 1000000000, 'unixepoch')

UUID

A 60-bit integer holding the number of 100-nanosecond clock ticks since 15 Oct 1582.

Windows COM

Windows COM stores date time in a double (floating point) number representing the number of days since 30 Dec 1899.

Windows FILETIME

A 64-bit integer containing the number of 100-nanosecond clock ticks since 01 Jan 1601.