JAVASCRIPT

JAVASCRIPT getTime() METHOD

The getTime() method in javascript returns the number of milliseconds of time elapsed since the epoch ie. 1 January 1970, 00:00:00.

The general format is:

dateObject.getTime();

If you want to return the milliseconds elapsed since the epoch with getTime() method, you will first have to create a new date object and then use the new date object with the getTime() method.

Example 1:

<script type="text/javascript">

var ms=new Date(); // creates a new date object

ms=ms.getTime(); // returns the milliseconds since the epoch

document.write(ms); // outputs the milliseconds since the epoch

</script>

The above will output:



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