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getTime() β€” result is a number

πŸ“– Usage Example
const d = new Date('2024-01-15T00:00:00.000Z')
d.getTime()  // β†’ 1705276800000
new Date(0).getTime()  // β†’ 0

Use getTime() to get the number of milliseconds elapsed since the Unix epoch (Jan 1, 1970 UTC).

Date.prototype.getTime()

getTime() always returns a number (the millisecond timestamp).

Challenge: Verify that typeof new Date(0).getTime() returns 'number'.

πŸ’‘ Hints (1)
  • β€’ getTime() returns a number primitive β€” the timestamp in milliseconds