Name

Date.valueOf( ) — convert a Date to millisecond representation

Availability

JavaScript 1.1; ECMAScript v1

Inherits from/Overrides

Overrides Object.valueOf( )

Synopsis

                  date.valueOf(  )

Returns

The millisecond representation of date. The value returned is the same as that returned by Date.getTime( ).

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