====== ToUnixTime(date) ======
Category:  Date and Time function

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=====Description=====
This function converts an EasyMorph (and Excel) date-time serial value to a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since Jan 1st, 1970).

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|date|Date or Number (date serial)|An expression that results in a date-time serial value.|

**Return value type:** Number.


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=====Remarks=====
The //date// argument can take any value or expression that evaluates to a date serial value.  Examples include:  
  * A date string:  #2019-12-12
  * A date serial value: 43811 (the date serial for "2019-12-12")
  * A date value created using any of the Date/Time functions that returns a date serial value.

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=====Examples=====

  tounixtime( 38247 )  //Returns 1095379200  (Corresponds to 2004-Sept-17.)

  tounixtime( 44436.2074305556 )  //Returns 1630126722  (Corresponds to 2021-Aug-28 04:58:42.)


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===== See also =====
  * [[syntax:functions:fromunixtime|FromUnixTime(date)]]