TSQ Converter

Extract text from TSQ files


Drop or upload your .TSQ file
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How to extract text from your TSQ file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TSQ file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert TSQ to another file type

To convert your TSQ file to another format, you need OpenSSL or other Data software.

Convert a file to TSQ

To convert other file formats to the "Cryptographic Protocol" file type, you need software like OpenSSL or a similar tool.


About TSQ files

The .TSQ file extension is primarily a Time-Stamp Query container defined by the IETF RFC 3161 standard. These files are generated when a user or system requests a trusted timestamp from a Time Stamping Authority (TSA) to prove a document existed at a specific moment. The files are DER-encoded ASN.1 binaries, which means opening them in a standard text editor like Notepad results in unreadable gibberish. Users typically encounter friction when they need to verify the contents of a request (such as the message imprint or nonce) but lack the command-line expertise to parse the binary structure. Additionally, .TSQ files may occasionally be legacy Capcom "Turbo Silverlight Queue" audio sequences or Elspec power quality analyzer data. Because these formats are proprietary and binary, they are incompatible with modern media players and spreadsheet software. The practical solution depends on the source: cryptographic files should be converted to human-readable Text or PEM format using tools like OpenSSL, while legacy game files require conversion to MP3 or WAV for playback. Industrial Elspec data must be exported to CSV or XLSX via PQSCADA Sapphire for analysis in Microsoft Excel.

Convert.Guru analyzes your TSQ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert TSQ file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use OpenSSL or similar software from the "Time-Stamp Protocol Request" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to TSQ, try OpenSSL or another comparable tool in the "Time-Stamp Protocol Request" category.



The TSQ 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 TSQ converter.