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web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash})web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash}) will contain a blockNumber.

Use web3.eth.getBlock to retrieve the block details and you will find the following field:

 timestamp: Number - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.

This is a Unix timestamp.

Example using geth for the following transaction 0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762.

> let tx = "0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762"
> web3.eth.getTransaction("0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762"tx).blockNumber
1920050
> web3.eth.getBlock(1920050).timestamp
1469021581

And using www.unixtimestamp.com, this works out to be 07/20/2016 @ 1:33pm (UTC) which matches the etherscan.io details.

web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash}) will contain a blockNumber.

Use web3.eth.getBlock to retrieve the block details and you will find the following field:

 timestamp: Number - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.

This is a Unix timestamp.

Example using geth for the following transaction 0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762.

> web3.eth.getTransaction("0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762").blockNumber
1920050
> web3.eth.getBlock(1920050).timestamp
1469021581

And using www.unixtimestamp.com, this works out to be 07/20/2016 @ 1:33pm (UTC) which matches the etherscan.io details.

web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash}) will contain a blockNumber.

Use web3.eth.getBlock to retrieve the block details and you will find the following field:

 timestamp: Number - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.

This is a Unix timestamp.

Example using geth for the following transaction 0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762.

> let tx = "0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762"
> web3.eth.getTransaction(tx).blockNumber
1920050
> web3.eth.getBlock(1920050).timestamp
1469021581

And using www.unixtimestamp.com, this works out to be 07/20/2016 @ 1:33pm (UTC) which matches the etherscan.io details.

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edited Jul 21, 2016 at 15:10

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web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash}) will contain a blockNumber.

Use web3.eth.getBlock to retrieve the block details and you will find the following field:

 timestamp: Number - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.

This is a Unix timestamp.

Example using geth for the following transaction 0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762.

> web3.eth.getTransaction("0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762").blockNumber
1920050
> web3.eth.getBlock(1920050).timestamp
1469021581

And using www.unixtimestamp.com, this works out to be 07/20/2016 @ 1:33pm (UTC) which matches the etherscan.io details.

web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash}) will contain a blockNumber.

Use web3.eth.getBlock to retrieve the block details and you will find the following field:

 timestamp: Number - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.

This is a Unix timestamp.

web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash}) will contain a blockNumber.

Use web3.eth.getBlock to retrieve the block details and you will find the following field:

 timestamp: Number - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.

This is a Unix timestamp.

Example using geth for the following transaction 0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762.

> web3.eth.getTransaction("0x5da2844afb6826d4baed6ad7e8b536c00cbc921ac147773ad056f29f2e7c1762").blockNumber
1920050
> web3.eth.getBlock(1920050).timestamp
1469021581

And using www.unixtimestamp.com, this works out to be 07/20/2016 @ 1:33pm (UTC) which matches the etherscan.io details.

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created Jul 21, 2016 at 15:03

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web3.eth.getTransaction({txhash}) will contain a blockNumber.

Use web3.eth.getBlock to retrieve the block details and you will find the following field:

 timestamp: Number - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.

This is a Unix timestamp.

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