var parse = require('../parse/index.js')

/**
 * @category Timestamp Helpers
 * @summary Get the milliseconds timestamp of the given date.
 *
 * @description
 * Get the milliseconds timestamp of the given date.
 *
 * @param {Date|String|Number} date - the given date
 * @returns {Number} the timestamp
 *
 * @example
 * // Get the timestamp of 29 February 2012 11:45:05.123:
 * var result = getTime(new Date(2012, 1, 29, 11, 45, 5, 123))
 * //=> 1330515905123
 */
function getTime (dirtyDate) {
  var date = parse(dirtyDate)
  var timestamp = date.getTime()
  return timestamp
}

module.exports = getTime