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On Unix, I can run date '+%s' to get the amount of seconds since epoch. But I need to query that in a browser front-end, not back-end.

Is there a way to find out seconds since Epoch in JavaScript?

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answered 13 Years ago admin · Accepted Answer

var seconds = new Date() / 1000;

Or, for a less hacky version:

var d = new Date();

var seconds = d.getTime() / 1000;

Don't forget to Math.floor() or Math.round() to round to nearest whole number or you might get a very odd decimal that you don't want:

var d = new Date();

var seconds = Math.round(d.getTime() / 1000);