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getTime() Method

This method returns the milliseconds representation of a Date object, in the form of an integer representing the number of seconds between midnight on January 1, 1970, GMT, and the date and time specified by a Date object.

Syntax

dateVar.getTime()

Parameter
Description
Not applicable
 

Returns

The milliseconds representation of dateVar.

Usage

This method returns the milliseconds representation of a Date object, in the form of an integer representing the number of seconds between midnight on January 1, 1970, GMT, and the date and time specified by dateVar.

Example

This code fragment returns the value 245594000. To convert this value to something more readily interpreted, use the toLocaleString() method or the toGMTString() method.

var aDate = new Date("January 3, 1970 12:13:14");
TheApplication().RaiseErrorText(aDate.getTime());

See Also

Clib.asctime() Method, Clib.gmtime() Method, Clib.localtime() Method, Clib.mktime() Method, GetDate() Method, getDay() Method, getFullYear() Method, getHours() Method, getMinutes() Method, getMonth() Method, getSeconds() Method, and getYear() Method


 Siebel eScript Language Reference 
 Published: 18 April 2003