The Date object is used to work with dates and times.
| Method |
Description |
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| Date() |
Returns today's date and time |
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| getDate() |
Returns the day of the month from a Date object (from 1-31) |
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| getDay() |
Returns the day of the week from a Date object (from 0-6) |
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| getFullYear() |
Returns the year, as a four-digit number, from a Date
object |
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| getHours() |
Returns the hour of a Date object (from 0-23) |
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| getMilliseconds() |
Returns the milliseconds of a Date object (from 0-999) |
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| getMinutes() |
Returns the minutes of a Date object (from 0-59) |
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| getMonth() |
Returns the month from a Date object (from 0-11) |
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| getSeconds() |
Returns the seconds of a Date object (from 0-59) |
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| getTime() |
Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970 |
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| getTimezoneOffset() |
Returns the difference in minutes between local time and
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) |
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| getUTCDate() |
Returns the day of the month from a Date object according
to universal time (from 1-31) |
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| getUTCDay() |
Returns the day of the week from a Date object according to
universal time (from 0-6) |
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| getUTCMonth() |
Returns the month from a Date object according to universal time
(from 0-11) |
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| getUTCFullYear() |
Returns the four-digit year from a Date object according to universal
time |
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| getUTCHours() |
Returns the hour of a Date object according to universal time
(from 0-23) |
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| getUTCMinutes() |
Returns the minutes of a Date object according to universal time
(from 0-59) |
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| getUTCSeconds() |
Returns the seconds of a Date object according to universal time
(from 0-59) |
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| getUTCMilliseconds() |
Returns the milliseconds of a Date object according to universal time
(from 0-999) |
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| getYear() |
Returns the year, as a two-digit or a three/four-digit number,
depending on the browser. Use getFullYear()
instead !! |
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| parse() |
Takes a date string and returns the number of milliseconds
since midnight of January 1, 1970 |
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| setDate() |
Sets the day of the month in a Date object (from 1-31) |
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| setFullYear() |
Sets the year in a Date object (four digits) |
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| setHours() |
Sets the hour in a Date object (from 0-23) |
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| setMilliseconds() |
Sets the milliseconds in a Date object (from 0-999) |
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| setMinutes() |
Set the minutes in a Date object (from 0-59) |
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| setMonth() |
Sets the month in a Date object (from 0-11) |
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| setSeconds() |
Sets the seconds in a Date object (from 0-59) |
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| setTime() |
Calculates a date and time by adding or subtracting a
specified number of milliseconds to/from midnight January 1, 1970 |
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| setUTCDate() |
Sets the day of the month in a Date object according to universal time (from 1-31) |
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| setUTCMonth() |
Sets the month in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-11) |
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| setUTCFullYear() |
Sets the year in a Date object according to universal time (four digits) |
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| setUTCHours() |
Sets the hour in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-23) |
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| setUTCMinutes() |
Set the minutes in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-59) |
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| setUTCSeconds() |
Set the seconds in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-59) |
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| setUTCMilliseconds() |
Sets the milliseconds in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-999) |
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| setYear() |
Sets the year in the Date object (two or four digits). Use setFullYear()
instead !! |
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| toDateString() |
Returns the date portion of a Date object in readable form |
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| toGMTString() |
Converts a Date object, according to Greenwich time, to a
string. Use toUTCString()
instead !! |
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| toLocaleDateString() |
Converts a Date object, according to local time, to a string and
returns the date portion |
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| toLocaleTimeString() |
Converts a Date object, according to local time, to a string and
returns the time portion |
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| toLocaleString() |
Converts a Date object, according to local time, to a
string |
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| toSource() |
Represents the source code of an object |
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| toString() |
Converts a Date object to a string |
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| toTimeString() |
Returns the time portion of a Date object in readable form |
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| toUTCString() |
Converts a Date object, according to universal time, to a
string |
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| UTC() |
Takes a date and returns the number of milliseconds
since midnight of January 1, 1970 according to universal time |
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| valueOf() |
Returns the primitive value of a Date object |
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