u/shivams136

Hey everyone,

I kept running into Unix/Epoch timestamps all over the place while working with logs, API responses, dashboards, incident timelines, and database records. Every time I needed to convert one, I was bouncing to a separate tab just to check it.

So I built Epoch Buddy - a lightweight Chrome extension that helps convert timestamps without leaving the page.

A few things it does:

Highlight a timestamp on any webpage and convert it inline
Convert epoch → date
Convert date → epoch
Handle seconds, milliseconds, ISO 8601, and relative time
Show local time, UTC/GMT, and relative time
Save a small conversion history
Support dark mode
Copy values with one click

It is intentionally simple, fast, and private. Everything stays in the browser.

Links:

I would genuinely love feedback from people who actually work with timestamps regularly.

A few things I am especially curious about:

Is the highlight-to-convert flow actually useful in real workflows?
What feels most useful, and what feels unnecessary?
Is anything confusing in the UI?
What feature would make this a daily-use tool for you?

Harsh feedback is totally welcome too. I’m trying to make this genuinely useful, not just “another extension.”

Thanks for taking a look.

I built Epoch Buddy to stop tab-switching every time I see an epoch timestamp - would love honest feedback