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+var getNative = require('../internal/getNative');
+
+/* Native method references for those with the same name as other `lodash` methods. */
+var nativeNow = getNative(Date, 'now');
+
+/**
+ * Gets the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the Unix epoch
+ * (1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC).
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @memberOf _
+ * @category Date
+ * @example
+ *
+ * _.defer(function(stamp) {
+ * console.log(_.now() - stamp);
+ * }, _.now());
+ * // => logs the number of milliseconds it took for the deferred function to be invoked
+ */
+var now = nativeNow || function() {
+ return new Date().getTime();
+};
+
+module.exports = now;