How to display Unix time in the timestamp format?

Question

I'm looking for a way to display my time in Debian Linux as a timestamp, e.g.

1279628325

I can't find any options to do that with the date command. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can do this with

date +%s

For more possibilities, see

man date

Answer 2

You can use the following:

date +%s

Answer 3

The Unix Time is nothing more then the seconds from 01/01/1970. So all you have to do is convert your timestamps into total seconds since the beginning of the UNIX-Era.