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Epoch displays the current moment across civil, technical, and astronomical time systems — Unix time, TAI, GPS time, Julian Date, binary clocks, and more. Fully customizable tabs, night mode for stargazing, and no network permissions. Version 1.5 adds decimal/octal/hexadecimal time, New Earth Time, configurable built-in tabs, Focus mode startup, and burn-in protection.
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About this app
Epoch displays the current moment across a wide range of civil, technical, and astronomical time systems — all in one place, updating every second.
The name is borrowed from the technical term for a reference point in time (as in Unix epoch or astronomical epoch). The letters also happen to spell out Elegant presentation of chronometers — though the word came first.
Features
Time systems
- Civil – date, time, day second, day percent for any timezone - Technical – Unix time, TAI, GPS time - Astronomical – GMST, LMST, Julian Date, Modified Julian Date (MJD), MJD2000 - Curiosities – Swatch Internet Time, 3 binary clocks, Doomsday Clock
Configurable display
- Fully customizable tabs (Watchlist) — any values from any category, in any order, plus custom tab labels - Civil tab configurable with any timezone worldwide - Flexible timezone search (city, country, timezone name or abbreviation, UTC offset) - Drag-and-drop reordering, swipe to remove - Custom labels for individual values - Copy any value to clipboard with one tap
Design
- Night mode with red-on-black display — preserves dark adaptation for stargazing - Light, dark, and system themes - Full-screen toggle (double-tap on the app's name in the top-left corner) - 12 / 24-hour format toggle - Thousands separator toggle - Expanded date toggle - Available in English and German - Android widgets coming soon - Not yet: conversions between time systems
Privacy & permissions
- No ads. No notifications. No tracking. No analytics. No network requests. - All settings stored locally on your device - No permissions required
What makes Epoch different?
Most clock apps show you one or two time formats. Epoch shows you 18 different time values simultaneously, lets you pick exactly which ones you care about, and explains what each one means. It is built for people who are curious about how time actually works.
License
© 2026 RealEarthling
GPL-3.0-or-later
What's new
- Added
- Four new Curiosities time value types: decimal time, octal time, hexadecimal time, and New Earth Time (NET). - All tabs are now fully configurable (except rename for built-ins); built-in tabs can be hidden. - Tab visibility toggles in Settings; hidden built-in tabs can be restored to their original position. - New popup menu for Settings, About, and What's New. - Option to start the app in Focus mode. - Burn-in protection for the Focus screen via regular pixel shift. - Import function now shows the last loaded config in Settings. - Splash screen with logo and version info; logo in title bar.
- Changed
- LMST is no longer shown dynamically based on longitude — it must be added explicitly. - JSON config format with backward compatibility; keys renamed for clarity. - More informative date and time format subtitles with improved Settings layout. - Seconds can now be turned off for binary clock on tabs and Focus screen. - Improved copy-to-clipboard: long-press for value only, without label. - Timezone search by offset now allows decimals (+5.5, +8.75, etc.).
- Fixed
- Settings now shows the correct state immediately after import.
About this version
- Version
- 1.5.0 (71)
- Size
- 17.37 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- armeabi-v7a
- Downloads
- 8
- Updated
- Sep 12, 2026
- Package
- io.github.RealEarthling.epoch
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