now

now() is native Date.now() — the current time in milliseconds since the epoch. It is the default timestamp for every formatter in pota/use/time: date, datetime, time, timeWithSeconds, and day.

Arguments

Takes no arguments.

Returns: number — milliseconds since the epoch.

Examples

Read the current time

Renders the current epoch millisecond count.

import { render } from 'pota'
import { now } from 'pota/use/time'

function App() {
	return <p>{now()} ms since the epoch</p>
}

render(App)