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+var root = require('./_root');
+
+/**
+ * Gets the timestamp of the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since
+ * the Unix epoch (1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC).
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @memberOf _
+ * @since 2.4.0
+ * @category Date
+ * @returns {number} Returns the timestamp.
+ * @example
+ *
+ * _.defer(function(stamp) {
+ * console.log(_.now() - stamp);
+ * }, _.now());
+ * // => Logs the number of milliseconds it took for the deferred invocation.
+ */
+var now = function() {
+ return root.Date.now();
+};
+
+module.exports = now;