jQuery API

jQuery.now()

Categories: Utilities

jQuery.now() Returns: Number

Description: Return a number representing the current time.

  • version added: 1.4.3jQuery.now()

The $.now() method is a shorthand for the number returned by the expression (new Date).getTime().

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