The javascript Date.getTime() method returns a value for the specified date according to the time corresponding to the universal time. The value returned by the getTime method is the number of milliseconds since 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970.
You can use this method to help specify a date and time to another Date object.
Grammar
Date.getTime()
Here are the details of the parameters:
Return value:
Returns the value corresponding to the specified date in universal time.
Example:
<html> <head> <title>JavaScript getTime Method</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var dt = new Date( "December 25, 1995 23:15:20" ); document.write("getTime() : " + dt.getTime() ); </script> </body> </html>
This will produce the following results:
getTime() : 819913520000