momentJS get UTC timestamp

Question

Folks, I am unable to get the UTC timestamp using the momentjs. Hope someone can point me in the right direction

var start = Date.now(); var utc = moment.utc(start).toDate(); 

or

var utc = moment.utc().toDate(); Tue Nov 11 2014 13:45:13 GMT-0500 (EST) 

Returns the EST timezone I am in, not UTC. How do i get the Javascript Date in UTC?

If I do

var utc= moment.utc(); console.log(utc); 

output is

 { _useUTC: true,   _isUTC: true,   _l: undefined,   _i: undefined,   _f: undefined,   _d: Tue Nov 11 2014 13:43:21 GMT-0500 (EST) } 

Thanks

Answer 1

Simplest answer from the comments :

moment.utc().valueOf() 

Gives UTC timestamp