- TIBCO BusinessEvents®
- Standard
- DateTime

# DateTime.getTimeInMillis()

## Signature

`long getTimeInMillis (DateTime date)`

## Domain

ACTION, CONDITION, QUERY, BUI

## Description

Returns the time in milliseconds since the start of 1970 GMT.

## Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`date` | `DateTime` | A DateTime date/time which will be converted to milliseconds since the start of 1970 GMT.

## Returns

Type | Description
--- | ---
`long` | The UTC time in milliseconds since start of 1970 GMT.

## Cautions

none