unicorn/prefer-date-now Pedantic

🛠️ An auto-fix is available for this rule.

Prefers use of Date.now() over new Date().getTime() or new Date().valueOf().

Using Date.now() is shorter and nicer than new Date().getTime(), and avoids unnecessary instantiation of Date objects.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

javascript

const ts = new Date().getTime();
const ts = new Date().valueOf();

Examples of correct code for this rule:

javascript

const ts = Date.now();

How to use

To enable this rule using the config file or in the CLI, you can use:

Config (.oxlintrc.json)Config (oxlint.config.ts)CLI

json

{
  "rules": {
    "unicorn/prefer-date-now": "error"
  }
}

import { defineConfig } from "oxlint";

export default defineConfig({
  rules: {
    "unicorn/prefer-date-now": "error",
  },
});

bash

oxlint --deny unicorn/prefer-date-now

This rule was added in v0.0.16.