How to get Unix timestamp in Javascript?

Question

How to get Unix timestamp i.e current time in seconds in Javascript?

Karthik Divi · Accepted Answer

Following code gets Unix timestamp i.e Unix epoch time

```javascript
var unixTimestamp = Math.round( +new Date() / 1000);
```

If you want to get milliseconds you can do the following

```javascript
var currentTimeInMillies = +new Date();
```

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