Async function returning promise, instead of value

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Async prefix is a kind of wrapper for Promises.

async function latestTime() {
    const bl = await web3.eth.getBlock('latest');
    console.log(bl.timestamp); // Returns a primitive
    console.log(typeof bl.timestamp.then == 'function'); //Returns false - not a promise
    return bl.timestamp;
}

Is the same as

function latestTime() {
    return new Promise(function(resolve,success){
        const bl = web3.eth.getBlock('latest');
        bl.then(function(result){
            console.log(result.timestamp); // Returns a primitive
            console.log(typeof result.timestamp.then == 'function'); //Returns false - not a promise
            resolve(result.timestamp)
        })
}

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