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Disclaimer — read before you trust the digits

01What This Tool Is — and Is Not

UnixFlux is a reading aid, not an authoritative time source. It exists to make integers glanceable, not to settle disputes.

A

Heuristics, not certainties

Unit detection is based on digit count: up to 11 digits reads as seconds, 12–14 as milliseconds, 15–16 as microseconds. A 10-digit millisecond value from a truncated system will therefore be read as seconds. The detected unit is always displayed so you can sanity-check it.

B

Browser time-zone data

Time-zone and daylight-saving rendering depends on the IANA database compiled into your browser. A browser with outdated data may disagree with a patched server. For legal or compliance deadlines, confirm with the authoritative jurisdiction or system.

C

Microsecond precision

Sixteen-digit microsecond values are divided by 1,000 and converted to milliseconds, which keeps sub-millisecond precision out of the displayed clock. This is a display trade-off, not a rounding error in your data.

D

External links and ads

Any external links or third-party advertisements are provided for convenience. We do not endorse, and are not responsible for, the content, products, or practices of third-party sites or networks.

E

No professional advice

Nothing on this site constitutes legal, financial, or engineering advice. Timestamps used in contracts, audits, incident reports, or billing systems should be verified with the systems that produced them.

F

Contact

Spotted a conversion that looks wrong? Tell us at support@unixflux.com with the input value, the shown unit, and your expected result. Reports with context get fixed fastest.