Display timestamp in django template

Question

I need to display timestamp of a post with in django template. The timestamp would be like:

\"timestamp\":1337453263939 in milli seconds

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Answer 1

{% now "U" %}

The "U" is a date format for Unix epoch, and can also be used with built-in date filter. So, if you have the date in a variable:

{{ value|date:"U" }}