Faker

Time

Module to generate time of dates in various formats.

Recent

Deprecated

This method is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

Returns recent time.

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultDescription
format'abbr' | 'date' | 'unix' | 'wide' | string'unix'

The format to use.

  • 'abbr' Return a string with only the time. Date.toLocaleTimeString.
  • 'date' Return a date instance.
  • 'wide' Return a string with a long time. Date.toTimeString().
  • 'unix' Returns a unix timestamp.

Returns: Date | number | string

faker.time.recent(format: 'abbr' | 'date' | 'unix' | 'wide' | string = 'unix'): string | number | Date
faker.time.recent() // => 1725581137872
faker.time.recent() // 1643067231856
faker.time.recent('abbr') // '12:34:07 AM'
faker.time.recent('date') // 2022-03-01T20:35:47.402Z
faker.time.recent('wide') // '00:34:11 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)'
faker.time.recent('unix') // 1643067231856