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    How to convert a 10 Digit Number (or Unix Timestamp) into a date in excell

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    How to convert a 10 Digit Number (or Unix Timestamp) into a date in excell

    In this article, I reveal step by step instructions to convert a 10 digit number unix timestamp into a date in Excel. This is particularly useful to Joomla users as Joomla stores and exports date as Unix Timestamps.

    Unix timestamp is defined as the total number of seconds since midnight (GMT time) on January 1, 1970 - also known as the Unix epoch.

    • Insert your ten digit unix timestamp number in the first cell of your Excel sheet

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    • Type the following formula in the second or third cell of your Exel sheet:

      =(((A2/60)/60)/24)+DATE(1970,1,1) 

      The formula converts the seconds to days and then add them to January 1, 1970

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    • Adjusting the formula for the GMT offset. 

      If you live in France, you need to adjust to offset by 1 (+1) which gives you the following formula 

      =(((A2/60)/60)/24)+DATE(1970,1,1)+(1/24) 

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    • Right click on the formula cell and click on format cells

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    • In the "number" tab, select Date

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    • 10 Digit Unix Timestamp Converted

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    Insert your 10 digit timestamp number into the relevant field and click on view results to covert it to a readable  date.