Javascript DOM Event timeStamp Property

Introduction

Get the number of milliseconds since this document was loaded. 

var n = event.timeStamp;

Click the button to get the number of milliseconds from this document was loaded until the button was clicked.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction(event)">Click me!</button>

<p>Time since this document was loaded: <span id="demo"></span></p>

<script>
function myFunction(event) {/* w  ww  . j a v  a 2s.c o  m*/
  var n = event.timeStamp;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = n;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

The timeStamp event property returns the number of milliseconds from the document was finished loading until the specific event was created.

timeStamp may be not available for all systems/events.




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