getTime method
The getTime method is applied
to the date object
and returns the number of milliseconds
since midnight of January 1, 1970
prior to the given point in time. This date
format is called timestamp.
Syntax
date.getTime();
Example
Let's output the number of milliseconds
from 1 January 1970 to the
current time:
let date = new Date();
let res = date.getTime();
console.log(res);
Example
This example will output the number
of milliseconds from 1 January
1970 to the given time:
let date = new Date(2015, 23, 4, 12, 59, 59);
let res = date.getTime();
console.log(res);
Example
Let's get the difference in milliseconds between the current and the given point in time:
let now = new Date();
let date = new Date(2015, 23, 4, 12, 59, 59);
let diff = now.getTime() - date.getTime();
console.log(diff);
See also
-
the
Date.nowmethod
that also obtains the timestamp
