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# toMilliseconds

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## toMilliseconds(DateTime): Number

Returns the representation of a specified date-time in milliseconds.

### Parameters

<table><colgroup><col> <col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><code>date</code></p></td><td><p>A <code>DateTime</code> to evaluate.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example

This example shows a date-time in milliseconds.

#### Source

```Dataweave
%dw 2.0
import * from dw::util::Timer
output application/json
---
{ "toMilliseconds" : toMilliseconds(|2018-07-23T22:03:04.829Z|) }
```

#### Output

```XML
{ "toMilliseconds": 1532383384829 }
```