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javascript static method

Temporal.Now.instant()

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The Temporal.Now.instant() static method returns the current time as a Instant object.

Syntax

Temporal.Now.instant()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Instant object representing the current time, with potentially reduced precision.

Examples

Measuring time elapsed

The following example measures two instants in time and calculates the duration between them, and gets the total duration in milliseconds:

const start = Temporal.Now.instant();
// Do something that takes time
const end = Temporal.Now.instant();
const duration = end.since(start);
console.log(duration.total("milliseconds"));

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also