cast-age.md

cast age

NAME

cast-age - Get the timestamp of a block.

SYNOPSIS

cast age [options] [block]

DESCRIPTION

Get the timestamp of a block.

The specified block can be a block number, or any of the tags: earliest, finalized, safe, latest or pending. Default to latest.

OPTIONS

RPC Options

{{#include ../common/rpc-url-option.md}}

{{#include common-options.md}}

EXAMPLES

1. Get the timestamp of the latest block:

   cast age

2. Get the timestamp of the genesis block:

   cast age 1

SEE ALSO

cast, cast block, cast basefee