timeStamp property

Gets the time, in milliseconds, when an event occurred.

Syntax

Property values

Type: Integer

The time of the event, in milliseconds, since midnight, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification, Section 4.1

Examples

The following event handler displays the event time by using the current locale settings.

function eventHandler(evt) {
    var dt = new Date(evt.timeStamp);
    alert(dt.toLocaleString());
}
window.onload = eventHandler; 

See also

BeforeUnloadEvent

CompositionEvent

CustomEvent

DragEvent

Event

FocusEvent

KeyboardEvent

MessageEvent

MouseEvent

MouseWheelEvent

MSGestureEvent

MSSiteModeEvent

MutationEvent

PointerEvent

StorageEvent

SVGZoomEvent

TextEvent

UIEvent