time(message, metadata, metadataStyles, level = levels.DEBUG) {
    if (message) {
      this.log(message, metadata, level, { metadataStyles });
    }

    return Date.now();
  }
/**
   * @returns {number} time to pass to timeEnd
   */
@returns {number} time to pass to timeEnd
@returns { number } time to pass to timeEnd
time(message, metadata, metadataStyles, level = levels.DEBUG) {
    if (message) {
      this.log(message, metadata, level, { metadataStyles });
    }
    return Date.now();
  }
time ( message , metadata , metadataStyles , level = levels . DEBUG ) { if ( message ) { this . log ( message , metadata , level , { metadataStyles } ) ; } return Date . now ( ) ; }
@returns {number} time to pass to timeEnd
@returns { number } time to pass to timeEnd