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How to convert Date to Unix Timestamp in Javascript

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In Javascript, Date object has getTime() method and it returns number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch which is January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC

And unix timestamp are mostly represented in seconds not milliseconds and so we'll be converting milliseconds to seconds by dividing it by 1000.

    const date = new Date(); // Or any Date('YYYY-MM-DD')
    const unixTimestamp = Math.floor(date.getTime() / 1000);

Happy converting date!