# getTime method

The `getTime` method is applied to the date object and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January `1`, `1970` prior to the given point in time. This date format is called timestamp.

## Syntax

`date.getTime();`

## Example

Let's output the number of milliseconds from `1` January `1970` to the current time:

`let date = new Date(); let res = date.getTime(); console.log(res);`

## Example

This example will output the number of milliseconds from `1` January `1970` to the given time:

`let date = new Date(2015, 23, 4, 12, 59, 59); let res = date.getTime(); console.log(res);`

## Example

Let's get the difference in milliseconds between the current and the given point in time:

`let now = new Date(); let date = new Date(2015, 23, 4, 12, 59, 59); let diff = now.getTime() - date.getTime(); console.log(diff);`

## See also

- the `Date.now` method
  that also obtains the timestamp

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