get unix timestamp of given date

[ravins]

Is it current supported? In moment we have moment.valueOf()

[leshakoss]

@ravins right now you can use standard JavaScript method date.getTime() (or date.valueOf() which does the same for dates). If you have a string-formatted date, you can use dateFns.parse to convert it to Date beforehand:

var parse = require('date-fns/parse')
var timestamp = parse('2017-01-06').getTime() //=> 1483660800000
// Please note that your timestamp can differ from mine
// because dates are created in the local timezone

But I think this indeed is a gap of the library so we'll probably make a shortcut function for (converting to dates + getting timestamp) ASAP. Stay tuned!

[kossnocorp]

One of the key values of date-fns is to not repeat existing API, but encourage to use the built-in functionality as long as it's pitfall-free. Hence this is a documentation, not a feature gap.

[leshakoss]

@kossnocorp don't forget that we already have functions that repeat functionality of JavaScript standard library (like getSeconds) but additionally convert arguments to Date (so you can use an ISO 8601 formatted string or a timestamp as a date)

[kossnocorp]

Nevermind then 🤣

[leshakoss]

@ravins hello! Released the function with v1.26.0: https://date-fns.org/docs/getTime

[uLan08]

the issue says unix timestamp but shouldn't unix timestamps be in seconds not milliseconds?

[kossnocorp]

@uLan08 since date-fns is a JS library where every time value is in milliseconds (i.e. setTimeout/setInterval) for consistency sake we keep everything in ms.

The next v2 release will include getUnixTime: #870

[kossnocorp]

getUnixTime was released as date-fns@2.0.0-alpha.20. See the change log: https://gist.github.com/kossnocorp/a307a464760b405bb78ef5020a4ab136#v200-alpha20

[marcus-hiles]

@ravins hello! Released the function with v1.26.0: https://date-fns.org/docs/getTime

Hi @ravins the solution here isn't complete. The result is in milliseconds you need to divide by 1000 to get unix timestamp value. Like below :

var result = getTime(new Date(2012, 1, 29, 11, 45, 5, 123)) / 1000

[marcus-hiles]

getUnixTime was released as date-fns@2.0.0-alpha.20. See the change log: https://gist.github.com/kossnocorp/a307a464760b405bb78ef5020a4ab136#v200-alpha20

@kossnocorp where can we find the documentation on the new function getUnixTime pelase, can't seem to locate it on the provided link?