getTime (JavaScript)
Gets the time as a numeric value.
Defined in
Date (Standard - JavaScript)Syntax
getTime() : long| Return value | Description |
|---|---|
long |
The number of milliseconds from 0 hours on January 1, 1970 UTC. |
Examples
This example has two scripts and a data binding. The first script is theafterPageLoad event
for a page. It sets a global variable to the numeric value of the
current time (that is, the time when the page is loaded).// afterPageLoad sets the global variable baseTime
var date = new Date();
sessionScope.baseTime = date.getTime()The second script
is the
The data binding is
for a computed field and has the following value. Whenever the user
clicks the button, this field displays the time difference from when
the page was loaded.onClick event for a button. It subtracts the
numeric value of the time when the page was loaded from the current
time, then calculates the minutes, seconds, and milliseconds.// Button whose onClick sets the global variable deltaTime
var date = new Date();
var t = date.getTime() - sessionScope.baseTime;
var ms = t % 1000;
var s = (t - ms) / 1000;
var seconds = s % 60;
var minutes = (s - seconds) / 60;
sessionScope.deltaTime = minutes + " min, " +
seconds + " sec, " + ms + " ms"sessionScope.deltaTime