/**
 * Lodash (Custom Build) <https://lodash.com/>
 * Build: `lodash modularize exports="npm" -o packages`
 * Copyright OpenJS Foundation and other contributors <https://openjsf.org/>
 * Released under MIT license <https://lodash.com/license>
 * Based on Underscore.js 1.8.3 <http://underscorejs.org/LICENSE>
 * Copyright Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and Investigative Reporters & Editors
 */

/** Detect free variable `global` from Node.js. */
var freeGlobal = typeof global == 'object' && global && global.Object === Object && global;

/** Detect free variable `globalThis` */
const freeGlobalThis = typeof globalThis == 'object' && globalThis !== null && globalThis.Object == Object && globalThis;

/** Detect free variable `self`. */
var freeSelf = typeof self == 'object' && self && self.Object === Object && self;

/** Used as a reference to the global object. */
var root = freeGlobalThis || freeGlobal || freeSelf || Function('return this')();

/**
 * 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;