Temporal.Now.instant()

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This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

Syntax

js
Temporal.Now.instant()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Temporal.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:

js
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

Specification
Temporal proposal
# sec-temporal.now.instant

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobileserver
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
instant
Experimental

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No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.
User must explicitly enable this feature.

See also