unix time to real time code example

Example 1: unix get time

user@machine:~$ date
Tue Jan 12 09:22:56 UTC 2021

Example 2: from datetime to unix timestamp

import time
import datetime
d = datetime.date(2015,1,5)

unixtime = time.mktime(d.timetuple())
unixtime

Example 3: unix time command

time [command] 	#measures time required by following command. For example:
time ls

Example 4: epoch

Epoch timestamp is a unit of measurement for time. It is the number of
seconds elapsed since the countdown has started. 

Beginning epochs per system:
macOS - January 1, 1904
Windows - January 1, 1601
Unix - January 1, 1970

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