timeStampEvent Property
Event Object
Definition and Usage
The timeStamp event property returns a timestamp, indicating the date and time when the event occurred (milliseconds since the epoch).
The epoch is an event reference point. Here, it is the time when the client started.
Not all systems provide this information; therefore, the timeStamp property is not available for all systems/events.
Syntax
event.timeStamp
Example
Example
The following example gets the event timestamp since system startup:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example (example.com)</title>
<script>
function myFunction(e){
alert(e.timeStamp);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p onclick="myFunction(event)">Click this paragraph. An alert box pops up containing the timestamp.</p>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Example (example.com)</title>
<script>
function myFunction(e){
alert(e.timeStamp);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p onclick="myFunction(event)">Click this paragraph. An alert box pops up containing the timestamp.</p>
</body>
</html>
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