grab a timestamp in javascript code example

Example 1: js timestamp

var timestamp = new Date().getTime();

Example 2: how to format unix timestamp javascript

var s = new Date(1504095567183).toLocaleDateString("en-US")
// expected output "8/30/2017"  
console.log(s);

Example 3: how to get timestamp in javascript of a date object

new Date().getTime()

new Date().valueOf()

Example 4: how to get the timestamp in javascript

const currentTimeInMilliseconds=Date.now(); // unix timestamp in milliseconds