javascript getTime() to 10 digits only

Question

I am using the following function to get the Time using javascript:

function timeMil(){
    var date = new Date();
    var timeMil = date.getTime();

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Answer 1

If brevity is ok, then:

function secondsSinceEpoch() {
    return new Date/1000 | 0;
}

Where:

• new Date is equivalent to new Date()
• | 0 truncates the decimal part of the result and is equivalent to Math.floor(new Date/1000) (see What does |0 do in javascript).

Using newer features, and allowing for a Date to be passed to the function, the code can be reduced to:

let getSecondsSinceEpoch = (x = new Date) => x/1000 | 0;

But I prefer function declarations as I think they're clearer.