<p>It's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time" rel="nofollow">unix time</a>, the number of seconds since January 1, 1970. Your programming language probably has an easy standard way of converting it to a date.</p>

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2012-09-01T06:31:43.377Z
Depending on the version of `date` your computer has, you can probably convert it with `date -u --date="1970-01-01 +1346289025 sec GMT"`, `date -d @1346289025`, or `date -jf %s 1346289025`.
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2012-09-01T02:53:37.800Z
2012-09-01T02:53:37.800Z
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<p>The JSON-RPC would return the time in this format <code>"time": 1346289025</code>. How exactly do I read it? I don't know what  kind of format it is. So what time is <code>1346289025</code>?</p>

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How do I read the time field from the json-rpc calls from bitcoind?
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# How do I read the time field from the json-rpc calls from bitcoind?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-09-01)

The JSON-RPC would return the time in this format `"time": 1346289025`. How exactly do I read it? I don't know what kind of format it is. So what time is `1346289025`?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2012-09-01. Score: 3

It's [unix time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time), the number of seconds since January 1, 1970. Your programming language probably has an easy standard way of converting it to a date.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Depending on the version of `date` your computer has, you can probably convert it with `date -u --date="1970-01-01 +1346289025 sec GMT"`, `date -d @1346289025`, or `date -jf %s 1346289025`.  

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