# unique.Time() in Node red

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-time-in-node-red/43878>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [8 April 2021 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-time-in-node-red/43878 "2021-04-08T18:56:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![vkuehn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/vkuehn/32/34805_2.png) [@vkuehn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vkuehn)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2021 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-time-in-node-red/43878/1 "2021-04-08T18:56:07Z")

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unique.Time() did not work in a function node so I tried

let time = new Date().getTime().toLocaleString();  
time = time.replaceAll(",","");

to do something similar but replaceAll is also complained.  
what would be the right way to get what unique.Time() does usually in javascript ?  
why is not everything as in usually in javascript ?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2021 19:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-time-in-node-red/43878/2 "2021-04-08T19:31:53Z")

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I can't find any reference to unique.Time, can you provide any docs to what it does?

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [8 April 2021 19:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-time-in-node-red/43878/3 "2021-04-08T19:53:52Z")

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Also, `String.replaceAll` was only adding in Node 15. Before that you can use `String.replace` with the global flag:

```auto
time = time.replace(/,/g,"")

```

But, as Colin says, not sure what `unique.Time()` is referring to - can't find any mention of that in any language.

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**Author:** ![vkuehn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/vkuehn/32/34805_2.png) [@vkuehn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vkuehn)\
**Post date:** [9 April 2021 07:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-time-in-node-red/43878/4 "2021-04-09T07:00:41Z")

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Thanks for that . The global flag solution did work.

probably unique comes from the jquery libray from the page I want to migrate to dashboard

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 07:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unique-time-in-node-red/43878/5 "2021-04-23T07:01:33Z")

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