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How do you get a timestamp in JavaScript?

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How do you get a timestamp in JavaScript?

How can I get a timestamp in JavaScript?
Something similar to Unix's timestamp, that is, a single number that represents the current time and date. Either as a number or a string.

Answer:

Short & Snazzy:
+ new Date()
A unary operator like plus triggers the valueOf method in the Date object and it returns the time-stamp (without any alteration).
Details:
On almost all current browsers you can use Date.now() to get the UTC timestamp in milliseconds; a notable exception to this is IE8 and earlier (see compatibility table).
You can easily make a shim for this, though:
if (!Date.now) {
    Date.now = function() { return new Date().getTime(); }
}
To get the timestamp in seconds, you can use:
Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
Or alternatively you could use:
Date.now() / 1000 | 0
Which should be slightly faster, but also less readable (also see this answer).
I would recommend using Date.now() (with compatibility shim). It's slightly better because it's shorter & doesn't create a new Date object. However, if you don't want a shim & maximum compatibility, you could use the "old" method to get the timestamp in milliseconds:
new Date().getTime()
Which you can then convert to seconds like this:
Math.round(new Date().getTime()/1000)
And you can also use the valueOf method which we showed above:
new Date().valueOf()



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