How to convert Unix timestamp to Datetime in V

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    import time

    fn main() {
        // Unix timestamp for 2018-01-01 00:00:00
        unix_timestamp := 1514764800
    
        // Convert Unix timestamp to Date (time.Time object)
        date := time.unix(unix_timestamp)
    
        // Format the date into a readable string
        formatted_date := date.format_ss()
    
        println("Converted Date: $formatted_date")
    }

Output:

Converted Date: 2021-09-27 17:16:32

Example only. There may be multiple ways to perform this operation.

Code Explanation

In this snippet for converting a Unixt timestamp to a date using V, time.unix(unix_timestamp) converts the Unix timestamp 1632762992 to a time.Time object.
The format_ss() method formats the time.Time object as a human-readable string, showing the date and time in seconds format. The result is then printed, showing the formatted date which in the example given is 2021-09-27 17:16:32.

Convert Date to Unix timestamp in V

Other useful V date functions

Function	Description	Example
`time.unix()`	Converts a Unix timestamp into a `time.Time` object.	`time.unix(1514764800)` returns Time{2018, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0}
`Time.unix_time()`	Returns the Unix timestamp for a given `time.Time` object.	`date.unix_time()` returns 1531656645 (for July 15, 2018).
`Time.format()`	Formats a `time.Time` object into a custom string format.	`date.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')` returns 2018-07-15 12:30:45
`time.now()`	Returns the current date and time as a `time.Time` object.	`time.now()` returns the current date and time.
`time.Time{}`	Creates a `time.Time` object with the specified date and time values.	`time.Time{year: 2018, month: 7, day: 15, ...}` creates a Time object for 2018-07-15 12:30:45.

Current Unix Timestamp SECONDS SINCE JAN 01 1970

Current UTC Time

2025-08-20