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Rust Unix Timestamp Snippets

Rust examples for current Unix seconds, milliseconds, chrono-based formatting, and converting epoch values into readable UTC strings.

Rust timestamp basics

The standard library exposes SystemTime and UNIX_EPOCH for dependency-free timestamp calculations. duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH) can be read as seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, or nanoseconds.

Formatting timestamps in Rust

For human-readable dates, many Rust projects use the chrono crate. Convert epoch seconds to a UTC DateTime, then format as RFC3339 or a custom string for logs and user interfaces.