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Chrome/WebKit

EpochConfidenceAssociated with
1 January 1601 CE, 00:00:00 UTCExactRedmond, WA

Overview

The Chrome/WebKit timestamp is used by browsers based on Chromium, such as Google Chrome.

It represents the number of microseconds since 1 January 1601 CE.

Info

The particular date of 1 January 1601 was chosen because it is the start of a new 400-year Gregorian leap year cycle.

Accuracy

This calculation is a simple algorithm based on Unix time, and is thus exactly accurate. However, it doesn't actually count microseconds, instead updating on the site's global 20ms update cycle.

Source

Primary Sources

Epoch Converter website