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JavaScript Date Object
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Date Object
The Date object is used to work with dates and times. Date objects are created with new Date(). There are four ways of instantiating a date:
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For a tutorial about date and times, read our JavaScript Date Object tutorial.
Date Object Properties
Property constructor prototype Description Returns the function that created the Date object's prototype Allows you to add properties and methods to an object
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Method getDate() getDay() getFullYear() getHours() getMilliseconds() getMinutes() getMonth() getSeconds() getTime() getTimezoneOffset() getUTCDate() getUTCDay() getUTCFullYear() getUTCHours() getUTCMilliseconds() getUTCMinutes() getUTCMonth() getUTCSeconds() getYear() parse() Description Returns the day of the month (from 1-31) Returns the day of the week (from 0-6) Returns the year (four digits) Returns the hour (from 0-23) Returns the milliseconds (from 0-999) Returns the minutes (from 0-59) Returns the month (from 0-11) Returns the seconds (from 0-59) Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970 Returns the time difference between UTC time and local time, in minutes Returns the day of the month, according to universal time (from 1-31) Returns the day of the week, according to universal time (from 0-6) Returns the year, according to universal time (four digits) Returns the hour, according to universal time (from 0-23) Returns the milliseconds, according to universal time (from 0-999) Returns the minutes, according to universal time (from 0-59) Returns the month, according to universal time (from 0-11) Returns the seconds, according to universal time (from 0-59) Deprecated. Use the getFullYear() method instead Parses a date string and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970 Sets the day of the month of a date object Sets the year (four digits) of a date object Sets the hour of a date object
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setDate() setFullYear() setHours()
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setHours() setMilliseconds() setMinutes() setMonth() setSeconds() setTime()
Sets the hour of a date object
JavaScript Date Object
Sets the milliseconds of a date object Set the minutes of a date object Sets the month of a date object Sets the seconds of a date object Sets a date and time by adding or subtracting a specified number of milliseconds to/from midnight January 1, 1970 Sets the day of the month of a date object, according to universal time Sets the year of a date object, according to universal time (four digits) Sets the hour of a date object, according to universal time Sets the milliseconds of a date object, according to universal time Set the minutes of a date object, according to universal time Sets the month of a date object, according to universal time Set the seconds of a date object, according to universal time Deprecated. Use the setFullYear() method instead Converts the date portion of a Date object into a readable string Deprecated. Use the toUTCString() method instead Returns the date as a string, using the ISO standard Returns the date as a string, formatted as a JSON date Returns the date portion of a Date object as a string, using locale conventions Returns the time portion of a Date object as a string, using locale conventions Converts a Date object to a string, using locale conventions Converts a Date object to a string Converts the time portion of a Date object to a string Converts a Date object to a string, according to universal time Returns the number of milliseconds in a date string since midnight of January 1, 1970, according to universal time Returns the primitive value of a Date object
setUTCDate() setUTCFullYear() setUTCHours() setUTCMilliseconds() setUTCMinutes() setUTCMonth() setUTCSeconds() setYear() toDateString() toGMTString() toISOString() toJSON() toLocaleDateString() toLocaleTimeString() toLocaleString() toString() toTimeString() toUTCString() UTC()
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