SHELL :
date -d @Epoch
MYSQL :
select DATE_FORMAT(DATE_ADD(FROM_UNIXTIME(0), interval 1396240017 second),"%Y-%m-%d %H:%m:%s");
PHP date(output format, epoch); Output format example: 'r' = RFC 2822 date more ... Python import time first, then time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", time.localtime(epoch)) Replace time.localtime with time.gmtime for GMT time. More info