@thi.ng/timestamp
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Timestamp getter wrapping (in order of preference) `process.hrtime.bigint()`, `performance.now()` or `Date.now()`
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Timestamp getter wrapping (in order of preference) process.hrtime.bigint(), performance.now() or Date.now().
[!NOTE] The functions in this package have been extracted from @thi.ng/bench.
This package provides the following functions:
now() attempts
to use high-res ES
BigInt
timestamps (in Node via
process.hrtime.bigint()),
or falls back to performance.now(), or lacking that, uses Date.now(). In all
cases, returns a (possibly rounded) nanosec-scale timestamp, either as bigint
or number.timeDiff()
function can be used to compute the difference between two such timestamp and
return it as milliseconds.asMillis()
takes a duration (either a number or bigint) in nanosec-scale and converts it
to a JS number in millisecondsSTABLE - used in production
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yarn add @thi.ng/timestamp
ESM import:
import * as tim from "@thi.ng/timestamp";
Browser ESM import:
<script type="module" src="https://esm.run/@thi.ng/timestamp"></script>
For Node.js REPL:
const tim = await import("@thi.ng/timestamp");
Package sizes (brotli'd, pre-treeshake): ESM: 214 bytes
None
TODO
If this project contributes to an academic publication, please cite it as:
@misc{thing-timestamp,
title = "@thi.ng/timestamp",
author = "Karsten Schmidt",
note = "https://thi.ng/timestamp",
year = 2018
}
© 2018 - 2025 Karsten Schmidt // Apache License 2.0
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Timestamp getter wrapping (in order of preference) `process.hrtime.bigint()`, `performance.now()` or `Date.now()`
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