Telescope: Timestamps

Read Unix timestamps the way humans read time. Telescope is the fastest way to convert between Unix timestamps and human-readable dates on macOS. It lives in your menu bar — copy a timestamp from a log line, JSON payload, or database row, and Telescope's popover surfaces the converted Local date and ISO8601 string instantly. Click to copy. Done. Originally released in 2016 and now fully rebuilt for Apple Silicon and modern macOS. KEY FEATURES • Clipboard-aware — copy any Unix timestamp and Telescope pops up automatically with the conversion. • Convert in both directions — timestamp to date, or pick a date and get its Unix timestamp. • Multi-precision parsing — seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, and nanoseconds, detected automatically. • Local and ISO8601 — every conversion shows both formats, monospaced and copy-ready. • Launch at login — Telescope is there every time you boot, out of the way until you need it. • 24-hour or 12-hour formatting — your choice. • Zero network — everything runs locally. Sandboxed. No telemetry. No servers. No accounts. • Apple Silicon native — small, fast, idle CPU near zero. WHO IT'S FOR • Backend & API developers reading server logs. • Data engineers sanity-checking date columns. • Sysadmins parsing systemd, Kubernetes, monitoring output. • Anyone who's ever copied "1700000000" out of a config file and wondered when that was. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Telescope is a single, one-time purchase. No subscriptions. No in-app upsells. Anyone who bought the original Telescope receives this update at no additional cost.