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Type Alias: Timestamp

Timestamp: number & object

Defined in: src/types/atproto.ts:229

Unix timestamp in milliseconds.

Type declaration

__brand

readonly __brand: "Timestamp"

Remarks

Timestamps represent points in time as milliseconds since Unix epoch (January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC).

Millisecond precision is standard in JavaScript and sufficient for most timestamp use cases. For higher precision (nanoseconds), use separate timestamp + nanos fields.

Example

const now: Timestamp = Date.now() as Timestamp;
const date = new Date(now);