How can I get the most accurate time stamp in Node.js?
ps My version of Node.js is 0.8.X and the node-microtime extension doesn’t work for me (crash on install)
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How can I get the most accurate time stamp in Node.js?
ps My version of Node.js is 0.8.X and the node-microtime extension doesn’t work for me (crash on install)
node v10 and later: you should be using
process.hrtime.bigint(), which yields a single BigInt number rather than an array.process.hrtime()has been marked "legacy"Older than node v10: As stated by vaughan,
process.hrtime()is available within Node.js – its resolution are nanoseconds and therefore its much higher. This function returns an array[seconds, nanoseconds]containing the current real-time high-resolution value, but note that it is not tied to any specific clock, meaning the difference in two successive values tells you how much time passed, but individual values tell you nothing meaningful.Other JS environments:
new Date().getTime()? This gives you a timestamp in milliseconds.Update: