In this tutorial, we will see How To Get Timestamp In Javascript. As a software developer, you can’t run away from date manipulation. Almost every app a developer builds will have some component where date/time needs to be obtained from the user, stored in a database, and displayed back to the user. The UNIX timestamp is an integer that represents the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970.

How To Get Timestamp In Javascript

On UNIX-like machines, which include Linux and macOS, you can type the** date +%s** in the terminal and get the UNIX timestamp back.

You can fetch the current timestamp by calling now() method on Date object.

// app.js

console.log(Date.now());

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