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TypeScript - convert unix timestamp to human readable
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In this article, we would like to show you how to convert unix timestamp to human readable in TypeScript.
Quick solution:
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const timestamp: number = 1630564245; // unix timestamp in seconds2
const date: Date = new Date(timestamp * 1000);3
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console.log(date); // 2021-09-02T06:30:45.000Z
In this example, we display unix timestamp in human readable form by converting it to the Date object.
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const timestamp: number = 1630564245; // unix timestamp in seconds2
const date: Date = new Date(timestamp * 1000);3
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console.log(date); // 2021-09-02T06:30:45.000ZOutput:
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Thu Sep 02 2021 08:30:45 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)2
2021-09-02T06:30:45.000ZIn this example, we display unix timestamp in human readable form by converting it to the time string.
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const getTime = (timestamp: number): string => {2
const date = new Date(1000 * timestamp); // unix timestamp in seconds to milliseconds conversion3
const time = date.toTimeString();4
const parts = time.split(' ');5
return parts[0];6
};7
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// Usage example:10
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const timestamp: number = 1630564245; // unix timestamp in seconds12
console.log(getTime(timestamp)); // 08:30:45Output:
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08:30:45