#java:
System.currentTimeMIllis();
Note: the value is in milliseconds. Make sure to divide by 1000 if you need the value in seconds
#php:
time()
#objective-c:
NSDate now = [NSDate date];
NSTimeInterval nowEpochSeconds = [now timeIntervalSince1970];
# perl:
time
# python:
import
int(time.time())
#.NET C#
# MySQL:
SELECT unix_timestamp(now());
# Unix/Linux shell:
$ date +%s
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