Getting the current timestamp for a video with a Discord.js music bot?

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I am trying to create a music bot with discord.js & ytdl-core. I would like to display the current timestamp when using a command called !nowplaying. However, I am not sure how I get the time. My code:

//bot.queue is a collection, and contains some attributes, like songs (array) and connection (ytdl)
let queue = bot.queue.get(message.guild.id); 

const time = queue.connection.streamTime; //Doesn't work!

//Convert time here, then output

message.channel.send(`Now Playing - ${queue.songs[0].title} - ${time}`);

I've tried using queue.connection.streamTime, and other methods, but they haven't worked

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Use voiceConnection#dispatcher (it returns a StreamDispatcher) instead of voiceConnection:

//bot.queue is a collection, and contains some attributes, like songs (array) and connection (ytdl)
let queue = bot.queue.get(message.guild.id); 

const time = queue.connection.dispatcher.streamTime; //Doesn't work!

//Convert time here, then output

message.channel.send(`Now Playing - ${queue.songs[0].title} - ${time}`);