timeStamp property

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

Syntax

HRESULT value = object.get_timeStamp(unsigned long* p);

Property values

Type: unsigned long

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;