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Modern Chrono Instant FromUnixSeconds

Paul Squires edited this page Oct 19, 2026 · 5 revisions

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Instant.FromUnixSeconds

Returns the moment a number of seconds after 1970-01-01 UTC; negative is earlier.

Syntax

Instant.FromUnixSeconds

Examples

#import "std/chrono"
using chrono

dim as Instant i = Instant.FromUnixSeconds( 0 )

print i.ToIsoString( )       '' 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z -- the Unix epoch
print Instant.FromUnixSeconds( 1767225600 ).ToIsoString( )   '' 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

'' Negative values are before 1970 and are perfectly valid
print Instant.FromUnixSeconds( -1 ).ToIsoString( )           '' 1969-12-31T23:59:59Z

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