Title: JavaScript minification error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# JavaScript minification error

 *  [silvoslaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silvoslaf/)
 * (@silvoslaf)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-minification-error/)
 * We have encountered an issue with the minification of JS.
 * Our original code looks something like this:
 * “abc” + (+new Date()) + “abc” // which works, (+new Date()) is a shorthand for
   getting a timestamp
 * which we then minify the code with Google’s Closure and get this:
 * “abc”+ +new Date+”abc” // which still works
 * However one might want to minify the already minified JS with your cache plugin
   and they will get:
 * “abc”++new Date+”abc” // which doesn’t work any more
 * Is it that we’re seeing this because of some outdated version or is this still
   an issue with the minifier your plugin is using?
 * Thanks!
    Silvo
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