now
Summary
Gets the current date and time.
Syntax
Date.now()
Return Value
The number of milliseconds between midnight, January 1, 1970, and the current date and time.
Examples
The following example illustrates the use of the now method.
var start = Date.now();
var response = prompt("What is your name?", "");
var end = Date.now();
var elapsed = (end - start) / 1000;
document.write("You took " + elapsed + " seconds" + " to type: " + response);
// Output:
// You took <seconds> seconds to type: <name>
Remarks
The getTime method returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, and a specified date.
For information about how to calculate elapsed time and compare dates, see Date and Time Calculations (Windows Scripting - JScript).
See also
Other articles
Attributions
Microsoft Developer Network: Article