var root = require('./_root');
  
  /**
   * Gets the timestamp of the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since
   * the Unix epoch (1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC).
   *
   * @static
   * @memberOf _
   * @since 2.4.0
   * @category Date
   * @returns {number} Returns the timestamp.
   * @example
   *
   * _.defer(function(stamp) {
   *   console.log(_.now() - stamp);
   * }, _.now());
   * // => Logs the number of milliseconds it took for the deferred invocation.
   */
  var now = function() {
    return root.Date.now();
  };
  
  module.exports = now;