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Convert a Date to Unix Timestamp: Bash, Python, JS, SQL (2026)

Convert any date to a Unix timestamp in Bash, Python, JavaScript, and SQL with copy-paste one-liners — plus the timezone trap each language hides.

Postgres extract(epoch from now()) and MySQL UNIX_TIMESTAMP() both return a Unix timestamp, but the data type, precision, and timezone rules differ.