---
title: "system.date.toMillis"
description: "Converts a Date object to its millisecond value elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (GMT)"
---

# system.date.toMillis

> Converts a Date object to its millisecond value elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (GMT)

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description
## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no [Client Permission](projects\project-properties\project-properties.md#client---permissions) restrictions.

## Syntax
`system.date.toMillis(date)`

### Parameters
Type | Parameter | Description 
------- | ------- | ------
Date | `date` | The date object to convert.

### Returns
**Long** - An 8-byte integer representing the number of millisecond elapsed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (GMT)

### Scope
All

## Code Examples

```python title="Example #1"
# This example will take the date Fri Aug 18 14:35:25 PDT 2017,
# and print out 1503092125000
  
date = system.date.getDate(2017, 7, 18)
datetime = system.date.setTime(date, 14, 35, 25)
print system.date.toMillis(datetime)
```