The unary plus operator casts the Date
object to a Number
object (which is expressed in in milliseconds since 01 January, 1970 UTC).
what is the difference between new Date and +new Date? [duplicate]
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19-07-2023 - |
Question
What is the difference between new Date
and +new Date
?
For example:
var date = new Date;
console.log(date);
var plusDate = +new Date;
console.log(plusDate);
Logs:
Sat May 10 2014 01:13:46 GMT+0300 (Jordan Standard Time)
1399673626539
Solution
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The first one creates a Date object, the second one adds the current date value in milliseconds to the original value of plusDate
, which was 0.
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