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  1. Web technology for developers
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  4. Sensor.timestamp

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  • Value
  • Specifications
  • Browser compatibility

Sensor.timestamp

The timestamp read-only property of the Sensor interface returns the time stamp of the latest sensor reading.

Because Sensor is a base class, timestamp may only be read from one of its derived classes.

Value

A DOMHighResTimeStamp.

Specifications

Specification
Generic Sensor API
# sensor-timestamp

Browser compatibility

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Last modified: Apr 1, 2022, by MDN contributors

Related Topics

  1. Sensor APIs
  2. Sensor
  3. Properties
    1. activated
    2. hasReading
    3. timestamp
  4. Methods
    1. start()
    2. stop()
  5. Events
    1. activate
    2. error
    3. reading
  6. Inheritance:
    1. EventTarget
  7. Related pages for Sensor API
    1. AbsoluteOrientationSensor
    2. Accelerometer
    3. AmbientLightSensor
    4. GravitySensor
    5. Gyroscope
    6. LinearAccelerationSensor
    7. Magnetometer
    8. OrientationSensor
    9. RelativeOrientationSensor
    10. SensorErrorEvent
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