Get ethereum latest block timestamp in date format

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)
});