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Get ethereum latest block timestamp in date format
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latest-block-timestamp-in-date-format.txt
// hardhat task
task('blockTimestamp', 'Prints the block timestamp', async (_, { ethers }) => {
const currentBlock = await ethers.provider.getBlockNumber();
const blockTimestamp = (await ethers.provider.getBlock(currentBlock)).timestamp;
console.log(blockTimestamp);
const date = new Date(blockTimestamp * 1000); // Date requires ms, whereas block.timestamp is in s
console.log(date)
});
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