JavaScript 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:
var d = new Date();
var d = new Date(milliseconds);
var d = new Date(dateString);
var d = new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds);Date Object Properties
| Sr.No | Property & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | constructor Specifies the function that creates an object’s prototype. |
| 2 | prototype The prototype property allows you to add properties and methods to an object |
Date Methods
Here is a list of the methods used with Date and their description.
| Sr.No | Method & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Date() Returns today’s date and time |
| 2 | getDate() Returns the day of the month for the specified date according to local time. |
| 3 | getDay() Returns the day of the week for the specified date according to local time. |
| 4 | getFullYear() Returns the year of the specified date according to local time. |
| 5 | getMinutes() Returns the minutes on the specified date according to local time. |
| 6 | getMilliseconds() Returns the milliseconds in the specified date according to local time. |
| 7 | getMonth() Returns the month on the specified date according to local time. |
| 8 | getMonth() Returns the month in the specified date according to local time. |
| 9 | getSeconds() Returns the seconds in the specified date according to local time. |
| 10 | getTime() Returns the numeric value of the specified date as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. |
| 11 | getTimezoneOffset() Returns the time-zone offset in minutes for the current locale. |
| 12 | getUTCDay() Returns the day of the week on the specified date according to universal time. |
| 13 | getUTCFullYear() Returns the year on the specified date according to universal time. |
| 14 | getUTCHours() Returns the hours on the specified date according to universal time. |
| 15 | getHours() Returns the hour on the specified date according to local time. |
| 16 | getUTCMilliseconds() Returns the milliseconds in the specified date according to universal time. |
| 17 | getUTCDate() Returns the day (date) of the month on the specified date according to universal time. |
| 18 | getUTCMinutes() Returns the minutes on the specified date according to universal time. |
| 19 | getUTCSeconds() Returns the seconds in the specified date according to universal time. |
| 20 | getUTCMonth() Returns the month on the specified date according to universal time. |
| 21 | setDate() Sets the day of the month for a specified date according to local time. |
| 22 | setFullYear() Sets the full year for a specified date according to local time. |
| 23 | setHours() Sets the hours for a specified date according to local time. |
| 24 | setMilliseconds() Sets the milliseconds for a specified date according to local time. |
| 25 | setMinutes() Sets the minutes for a specified date according to local time. |
| 26 | setMonth() Sets the month for a specified date according to local time. |
| 27 | setSeconds() Sets the seconds for a specified date according to local time. |
| 28 | setTime() Sets the Date object to the time represented by a number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. |
| 29 | setUTCDate() Sets the day of the month for a specified date according to universal time. |
| 30 | setUTCFullYear() Sets the full year for a specified date according to universal time. |
| 31 | setUTCHours() Sets the hour for a specified date according to universal time. |
| 32 | setUTCMilliseconds() Sets the milliseconds for a specified date according to universal time. |
| 33 | setUTCMinutes() Sets the minutes for a specified date according to universal time. |
| 34 | setUTCMonth() Sets the month for a specified date according to universal time. |
| 35 | setUTCSeconds() Sets the seconds for a specified date according to universal time. |
| 36 | setYear() Deprecated – Sets the year for a specified date according to local time. Use setFullYear instead. |
| 37 | toDateString() Returns the “date” portion of the Date as a human-readable string. |
| 38 | toGMTString() Deprecated – Converts a date to a string, using the Internet GMT conventions. Use toUTCString instead. |
| 39 | toLocaleDateString() Returns the “date” portion of the Date as a string, using the current locale’s conventions. |
| 40 | toLocaleFormat() Converts a date to a string, using a format string. |
| 41 | toLocaleString() Converts a date to a string, using the current locale’s conventions. |
| 42 | toLocaleTimeString() Returns the “time” portion of the Date as a string, using the current locale’s conventions. |
| 43 | toSource() Returns a string representing the source for an equivalent Date object; you can use this value to create a new object. |
| 44 | toString() Returns a string representing the specified Date object. |
| 45 | toTimeString() Returns the “time” portion of the Date as a human-readable string. |
| 46 | toUTCString() Converts a date to a string, using the universal time convention. |
| 47 | valueOf() Returns the primitive value of a Date object. |
