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;