testing and clients are 'online' and working know to get the tests running againts an actual ES node

scripts/generate_js_api/templates/time.param.tmpl

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+if (<%= get %> instanceof Date) {
+  <%= set %> = <%= get %>.getTime();
+} else if (_.isNumeric(<%= get %>)) {
+  <%= set %> = <%= get %>;
+} else {
+  throw new TypeError('Invalid <%= name %>: ' + <%= get %> + ' should be be some sort of time.');
+}