timestamp

Summary

Represents the time when the Position object was acquired, represented as a DOMTimeStamp.

Property of apis/geolocation/Positionapis/geolocation/Position

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = Position.timestamp;

Return Value

Returns an object of type

DOMTimeStamp

Examples

//Assuming the variable fresh_threshold has been set
if (position.timestamp < fresh_threshold) {
   // The position is relatively recent.
   } else {
   // The position is potentially outdated.
   }

Related specifications

W3C Geolocation Specification

W3C Editor’s Draft

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article