Date Format Converter
Convert a date and time from one stated format to others, in the time zone you choose.
Convert a date string
Say which format your text is in. Ticklora does not guess.
The source time zone is used only when your text has no UTC offset. An offset or “Z” in the text always wins.
Enter a date and time to convert.
How to use this converter
- 1
Choose the format. Pick the format your text is written in. 03/04/2026 is 3 April with DD/MM/YYYY and 4 March with MM/DD/YYYY, so it has to be stated.
- 2
Enter the text and zones. Add the source zone if the text has no offset, and the zone you want to see.
- 3
Copy what you need. ISO 8601, RFC 3339, Unix seconds and milliseconds, and several display formats.
Example
03/04/2026 09:30 read as DD/MM/YYYY in UTC is 2026-04-03T09:30:00Z, Unix time 1775208600.
Read as MM/DD/YYYY the same text is 2026-03-04T09:30:00Z, Unix time 1772616600.
How it is calculated
The text must match the chosen format exactly: four-digit years, English month names, real calendar dates. Impossible dates such as February 29, 2026 are rejected with an explanation, and an RFC 2822 weekday that does not match the date is reported rather than ignored.
Time zones. A “Z” or UTC offset in the text fixes the instant. Otherwise the text is read as a local time in the source zone. If clocks skip that time, it is moved forward by the length of the gap; if clocks repeat it, you choose the first or the second occurrence.
ISO 8601 and RFC 3339. RFC 3339 is a stricter profile of ISO 8601 for internet timestamps: it requires a four-digit year, a full date and time, and a UTC offset or Z. For these timestamps the two formats look the same.
Questions
Why is there no automatic format detection?
Because 03/04/2026 is a valid date in both day-first and month-first formats, and a wrong guess gives a silently wrong answer.