2-Minute Linux Tips
Learn how to use a host of Linux commands in these 2-minute video tutorials from Sandra Henry-Stocker, author of the Unix as a Second Language blog.
How to see how many days passed since the beginning of the Linux epoch
Episode 145
How to see how many days passed since the beginning of the Linux epoch
Jul 15, 2024
1 mins
Overview
In this Linux tip, we’re going to look at a command that allows you see how many days have passed since the beginning of the Linux epoch – Jan 1, 1970. To begin, we use the command below to display the number of seconds since the epoch began on Jan 1, 1970.