How to get Epoch(unix) timestamp in Jenkins declarative pipeline code

Question

im working on Jenkins to automate my test runs in my project and as a task/stage where i need to fetch or use epoch timestamp in stage. Could you please help me with your suggestions how can i achieve it?

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Answer 1

You can simply do the following.

steps {
       script {
          def time = new Date().getTime()
          echo "$time"
      }
}