# Date.now()

DevFeed: [Date.now()](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/date-now-37477.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://davidwalsh.name/date-now>)

Author: David Walsh

Published: 2024-01-17T12:06:16Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [David Walsh](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/david-walsh.md>)

Topics: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

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## AI overview

A brief developer tutorial explaining Date.now() as a way to obtain the current time in integer timestamp format. It notes that timestamps can simplify date handling and can serve as unique identifiers in low-traffic environments.

## Source excerpt

Ask any software engineer and they'll tell you that coding date logic can be a nightmare. Developers need to consider timezones, weird date defaults, and platform-specific date formats. The easiest way to work with dates is to reduce the date to the most simple format possible -- usually a timestamp. To get the immediate time [...] The post Date.now() appeared first on David Walsh Blog.