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A timestamp can be thought of as a numerical record that captures exactly when something happened. These timestamps are stored as cumulative seconds since the Unix epoch of January 1st, 1970. Everything after that date is counted in terms of how many seconds have passed from the starting point. For example, July 23, 2025, would be 1753280905 — because that’s how many seconds have passed since the epoch.
A time string, on the other hand, is a collection of characters that represent a moment in time, such as “July 23, 2025.”
These two…
