How to Use the Epochify API in Production

Use epoch_to_date when logs, queue payloads, or webhooks store timestamps as integers and you need readable output for dashboards or alerts. Use date_to_epoch when user-facing date inputs must be normalized before writing to a database or sending to another API.

Always pass an explicit timezone for user-entered dates. This avoids ambiguous conversions when clients in different regions submit the same clock time.

Error Cases to Handle

• Invalid timezone strings return an error response with a clear message.
• Non-numeric epoch input for epoch_to_date fails validation.
• Dates outside supported range and DST edge cases can return conversion errors.
• Requests above the configured limit can be rate limited.

For resilient clients, retry only transient failures and surface validation messages directly to users.