Better way of getting time in milliseconds in javascript?

Question

Is there an alternative in JavaScript of getting time in milliseconds using the date object, or at least a way to reuse that object, without having to instantiate a new object e

Answer 1

This is a very old question - but still for reference if others are looking at it - requestAnimationFrame() is the right way to handle animation in modern browsers:

UPDATE: The mozilla link shows how to do this - I didn't feel like repeating the text behind the link ;)