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When I look at cookies.sqlite, how do I read the numbers under last accessed, expiry, and creation time?

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mspflygal
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Under the column "expiry" it reads: 1691890990 Under the column "lastAccessed" it reads: 1484536794500550 Under the column "creationTime" it reads: 1376530990050796

Under the column "expiry" it reads: 1691890990 Under the column "lastAccessed" it reads: 1484536794500550 Under the column "creationTime" it reads: 1376530990050796

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The 16 character strings are date-time stamps in microseconds in Unix epoch format.

The shorter expiry values are likely a count in milliseconds (days: xxx/(24*60*60*1000)).

Possible JavaScript bookmarklet to convert the 16 character strings: 

javascript:(function(){var D='',d=new Date(),n; do{n=parseInt(D);d.setTime(isNaN(n)?d.getTime():n/1000);D=prompt('EPOCH (microseconds)\nClick Cancel to Stop\n\n'+D+'\n'+d.toLocaleString()+'\n'+(d.getTime()*1000),d.toUTCString());}while(D!=null);})();
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Chosen Solution

The 16 character strings are date-time stamps in microseconds in Unix epoch format.

The shorter expiry values are likely a count in milliseconds (days: xxx/(24*60*60*1000)).

Possible JavaScript bookmarklet to convert the 16 character strings: 

javascript:(function(){var D='',d=new Date(),n; do{n=parseInt(D);d.setTime(isNaN(n)?d.getTime():n/1000);D=prompt('EPOCH (microseconds)\nClick Cancel to Stop\n\n'+D+'\n'+d.toLocaleString()+'\n'+(d.getTime()*1000),d.toUTCString());}while(D!=null);})();

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