Name: milliseconds

Type: function

Syntax: the milliseconds

Syntax: milliseconds()

Summary: <return|Returns> the number of <milliseconds> since the start of the <eon>.

Synonyms: millisecond,millisec,millisecs

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:
the milliseconds

Example:
if the milliseconds - startMilliseconds &lt; 10 then answer "Success!"

Returns: The <milliseconds> function <return|returns> a positive <integer>.

Description:
Use the <milliseconds> <function> to time <event|events> that must be checked more often than once per second.

The <milliseconds> <function> <return|returns> the total number of <milliseconds> since midnight GMT, January 1, 1970.

A millisecond is one-thousandth of a second. If you don't need to time events with this much precision, use the <seconds> function or the <ticks> <function>.

References: integer (keyword), milliseconds (keyword), convert (command), seconds (function), milliseconds (function), date (function), ticks (function), event (glossary), return (glossary), eon (glossary), function (control_st)

Tags: math
