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# performance.timeOrigin

The **`timeOrigin`** read-only property of the Performance interface returns the high resolution timestamp that is used as the baseline for performance-related timestamps.

This value represents the time when the worker was instantiated.

### Value

Returns a number which represents the time when the worker was instantation.