For all of you, who needs to convert timestamps into epoch time an back, watch out the Epoch Converter on
www.epochconverter.com. There are many usefull tips for converting in different languages for exmple Oracle PL/SQL (get current epoch time):
SELECT (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01/01/1970 00:00:00', 'MM-DD-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')) 24 60 * 60 FROM DUAL
Why is this entry tagged with Splunk?
Splunk uses epoch time for timecharts and internal processing, so using epoche time is very usefull.