Unix time

Alternative form of Unix time

A system for describing instants in time, defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), Thursday, 1 January 1970, not counting leap seconds, used in Unix and many other operating systems.

(nonstandard) Many a time; often.

(UK, historical) A period of the year when there was little work for tailors.

plural of cucumber time

(historical) The idiosyncratic alterations made by King Edward VII to the timekeeping at the royal estate of Sandringham, to provide more daylight for hunting in the winter. The time corresponds to UTC+0:30, and was used from 1901 to 1936.

(Christianity) A season of the Christian liturgical calendar, celebrated in two segments: from the Monday following the baptism of Jesus Christ up to Ash Wednesday; and from Pentecost Monday to the first Sunday of Advent.

Alternative spelling of longtime

The situation where an employee fraudulently takes payment for time during which he or she was not working.