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timeStamp Event Property
Event Object
Definition and Usage
The timeStamp event property returns the number of in milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.
It can be used as a time stamp of when the event was triggered.
Not all systems provide this information, therefore, timeStamp may be not available for all systems/events.
Syntax
event.timeStamp
Example
Example
The following example gets the timestamp from the system start:
<html>
<head>
<script>
function myFunction(e)
{
alert(e.timeStamp);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p onclick="myFunction(event)">Click this paragraph. An alert
box will alert the timestamp.</p>
</body>
</html>
<head>
<script>
function myFunction(e)
{
alert(e.timeStamp);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p onclick="myFunction(event)">Click this paragraph. An alert
box will alert the timestamp.</p>
</body>
</html>
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