Get An Epoch Timestamp In JavaScript
Epoch timestamps in JavaScript are the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since midnight on Jan. 1, 1970 UTC. I like using them because they are integers and are the same for any given time regardless of time zone.
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The epoch in millisecond for current time is available with:
const epochTime = Date.
Epoch in milliseconds for a specific time are obtained with:
const backToTheFuture = .
To pull the epoch based timestamp back into a string do something like:
const backToTheFutureString = .
Seconds Only
Some external tools provide epoch timestamps but they only go down to the second instead of the millisecond. If you need to coordinate with one of them, use this for the current time:
const epochTimeUnix = Math.
And this for a specific datetime:
const backToTheFutureUnix = Math.
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