Temporal API
Get the current date
const date = Temporal.Now.plainDateISO();
Return the date in ISO 8601 date format (eg "2025-01-31")
const dateAsString = date.toString();
console.log(`Temporal date as string: ${dateAsString}`);
Get current date and time in ISO 8601 format (eg "2025-01-31T10:51:40.269979904")
const plainDateTimeIsoString = Temporal.Now.plainDateTimeISO().toString();
console.log(`Temporal plainDateTimeISO as string: ${plainDateTimeIsoString}`);
Get Unix timestamp (eg 2025-01-31T18:51:59.093355008Z)
const timeStamp = Temporal.Now.instant();
console.log(`Temporal timestamp as string: ${timeStamp}`);
Return timestamp in milliseconds (eg 1738349519093)
const epochMilliseconds = timeStamp.epochMilliseconds;
console.log(`Temporal timestamp epoch milliseconds: ${epochMilliseconds}`);
Get date and time in ISO 8601 format from milliseconds (eg "2025-01-31T18:51:59.093Z")
const futureTime = Temporal.Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(1851222399924);
console.log(`Temporal future time: ${futureTime}`);
Measure difference in hours from now.
const now = Temporal.Now.instant();
const differenceInHours = now.until(futureTime, { smallestUnit: "hour" });
console.log(`Temporal difference in hours: ${differenceInHours}`);
Run this example locally using the Deno CLI:
deno run --unstable-temporal https://docs.deno.com/examples/scripts/temporal.ts