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title: .Unix
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description: Converts a time.Time value to the number of seconds elapsed since the Unix epoch, excluding leap seconds. The Unix epoch is 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970.
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keywords: [dates,time]
categories: [functions]
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parent: functions
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signature: [".Unix",".UnixMilli",".UnixMicro",".UnixNano"]
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relatedfuncs: [Format,dateFormat,now,time]
---
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The `Milli` , `Micro` , and `Nano` variants return the number of milliseconds, microseconds, and nanoseconds (respectively) elapsed since the Unix epoch.
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```go-html-template
.Date.Unix --> 1637259694
.ExpiryDate.Unix --> 1672559999
.Lastmod.Unix --> 1637361786
.PublishDate.Unix --> 1637421261
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("1970-01-01T00:00:00-00:00" | time.AsTime).Unix --> 0
("1970-01-01T00:00:42-00:00" | time.AsTime).Unix --> 42
("1970-04-11T01:48:29-08:00" | time.AsTime).Unix --> 8675309
("2026-05-02T20:09:31-07:00" | time.AsTime).Unix --> 1777777771
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now.Unix --> 1637447841
now.UnixMilli --> 1637447841347
now.UnixMicro --> 1637447841347378
now.UnixNano --> 1637447841347378799
```