Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TIMESTAMP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert TIMESTAMP to another file type
To convert TIMESTAMP usage files to another format, you need Java Runtime Environment or other System software.
Convert a file to TIMESTAMP
To convert other file formats to the "Log and Tracking File" file type, you need software like Java Runtime Environment or a similar tool.
About TIMESTAMP files
The .TIMESTAMP file is an internal system log primarily used by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to track the exact time an application or applet was last executed. In specialized mapping environments, it also functions as a Geodatabase Timestamp File for ESRI ArcGIS to manage data synchronization and locks. These files are built for machines, not users. The primary disadvantage of the .TIMESTAMP format is its lack of human readability. Data is almost always stored as a raw Unix epoch integer (a long string of numbers) or within a proprietary binary structure. Users typically encounter these files during system audits, digital forensics, or server cleanup, creating a need to parse the time data. Because it lacks standard document headers, standard online converters fail completely when attempting to process it. The best target formats for extraction are raw TXT or CSV files. This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because it is an undocumented tracking file. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data to trigger caching behaviors. However, just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, inspect the internal hex or text content, and view the embedded Unix time data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying text format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TIMESTAMP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert TIMESTAMP file to , you can use Java Runtime Environment or similar software from the "Execution Time Tracking" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to TIMESTAMP, try Java Runtime Environment or another comparable tool in the "Execution Time Tracking" category.
The TIMESTAMP Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our TIMESTAMP converter.