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# Understanding Date and Time Serialization

Date and time values are serialized as epoch time when passed via Visualforce remoting.

`Date`, `DateTime`, and `Time` objects are returned from a `RemoteAction` function are serialized as a long integer.

## Serialized Datetime Value

```javascript
[{
    "statusCode": 200,
    "type": "rpc",
    "tid": 8,
    "ref": false,
    "action": "DateTestController",
    "method": "add",
    "result": 1432047600000
}]
```

**See Also**  


-   [Handling the Remote Response](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-js-remoting-handling-response.md)
-   [Configuring a JavaScript Remoting Request](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-pages-developers-guide/guide/pages-js-remoting-configuring-request.md)