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# hammertime
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```js
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// usage
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chance.hammertime()
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```
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<p class="pullquote" data-pullquote='Stop. Hammertime.' markdown="1"></p>
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Generate a random hammertime.
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```js
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chance.hammertime();
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=> 2273327300317
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```
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Hammertime is the name given to a [Unix time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) with
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milliseconds. Which is the same as saying the number of milliseconds since 1970. It has
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finer granularity than a normal Unix timestamp and thus is often used in realtime
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applications.
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According to startup lore, Hammertime was coined by a startup whose founder had an
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interesting interaction with M.C. Hammer. There was no name given to "Unix time with
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milliseconds" and while brainstorming ideas (because Unix time with milliseconds is
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a confusing mouthful), someone suggested Hammertime and it stuck.
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