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getUnixIn

getUnixIn(units: Partial<Record<keyof DurationLike, number>>, options?: { epochUnit?: UnixUnit; }): number | null

Return the Unix epoch after now, counted from the current time in UTC.

  • Reads the clock once, after units and options are checked.
  • units is an object of unit amounts, such as { days: 90 }. A duration string returns null, and so does a fractional amount: write { hours: 36 } for a day and a half.
  • Lengths are unsigned: a negative amount returns null. getUnixAgo is the way back.
  • { days: 0 } is a valid length and gives now.
  • Calendar units count in UTC, so the result does not change with the server’s zone, and a missing day clamps to the end of the month, as addUnix does. For another zone’s wall clock, use getZonedIn and convert.
  • A timeZone member is not read, as getUnixNow reads none.
  • A timer delay is totalUnitsFromNow(units, "milliseconds"). Writing getUnixIn(units) - getUnixNow() reads the clock twice and misses null.
  • Each call reads the clock. To pin the start, use addUnix(getUnixNow(), units).
ParameterTypeDescription
unitsPartial<Record<keyof DurationLike, number>>unit amounts, such as { days: 90 }; never negative

options

optional: the unit of the result

OptionTypeDefaultDescription
epochUnit?"seconds" | "milliseconds" | "second" | "millisecond" (UnixUnit)"milliseconds"The unit of the returned epoch: "seconds" or "milliseconds", singular or plural. Any other value returns null. Seconds floor toward −∞, and a JWT exp needs them: the default is milliseconds, and a millisecond exp reads as a date far in the future.

the Unix epoch, or null for invalid units, a negative amount, invalid options or a result outside Temporal’s range

import { getUnixIn } from "@northguild/gmt/unix/get";
getUnixIn({ days: 90 }, { epochUnit: "seconds" }) // 1820836800 (an expiry 90 days out, from a clock at 2027-06-15T12:00:00Z)
output 

unix/get/getUnixIn.ts

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