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JavaScript Date
The Date object in JavaScript is used to display a date on a Web page.
JavaScript Date Object Properties
The following table describes the properties of Date object in JavaScript.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| constructor | holds the value of the constructor function that has created the object |
| prototype | adds properties and methods to the Date object |
JavaScript Date Object Methods
The following table describes the methods of the Date object in JavaScript.
| getDate() | returns the day of the month (ranges from 1 to 31) |
| getDay() | returns the numerical equivalence of the day of a week (ranges from 0 to 6). 0 for Monday |
| getFullYear() | returns the numerical equivalence of the year (in 4 digits) |
| getHours() | returns the hours (ranges from 0 to 23) |
| getMilliseconds() | returns the milliseconds (ranges from 0 to 999) |
| getMinutes() | returns minutes (ranges from 0 to 59) |
| getMonth() | returns the numerical equivalence of month (ranges from 0 to 11) |
| getSeconds() | returns the seconds (ranges from 0 to 59) |
| getTime() | returns the number of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970 |
| getTimezoneOffset() | returns the difference of time in minutes between GMT and the local time |
| getUTCDate() | returns the day of the month (ranges from 1 to 31) as per the universal time |
| getUTCDay() | returns the numerical equivalence of the day of the week (ranges from 0 to 6) as per the universal time |
| getUTCFullYear() | returns the year in four digits as per the universal time |
| getUTCHours() | returns the hour (ranges from 0 to 23) as per the universal time |
| getUTCMilliseconds() | returns the milliseconds (ranges from 0 to 9999) as per the universal time |
| getUTCMinutes() | returns the minutes (ranges from 0 to 59) as per the universal time |
| getUTCMonth() | returns the numerical equivalence of month (ranges from 1 to 31) as per the universal time |
| getUTCSeconds() | returns the seconds (ranges from 0 to 59) as per the universal time |
| Parse() | parses a date string and returns the number of millisecond since the midnight of January 1, 1970 |
| setDate() | sets the day of a month (ranges from 1 to 31) |
| setFullYear() | sets the year in four digits |
| setHours() | sets the hours (ranges from 0 to 23) |
| setMilliseconds() | sets the milliseconds (ranges from 0 to 999) |
| setMinutes() | sets the minutes (ranges from 0 to 59) |
| setMonth() | sets the numerical equivalence of month (ranges from 0 to 11) |
| setSeconds() | sets the seconds (ranges 0 from 59) |
| setTime() | sets a date and time by adding or subtracting specified milliseconds to/from midnight January 1, 1970 |
| setUTCDate() | sets the day of the month (ranges from 1 to 1) as per the universal time |
| setUTCFullYear() | sets the year in four digits as per the universal time |
| setUTCHours() | sets the hours (ranges from 0 to 23) as per the universal time |
| setUTCMilliseconds() | sets the milliseconds (ranges from 0 to 999) |
| setUTCMinutes() | sets the minutes (ranges from 0 to 59) as per the universal time |
| setUTCMonth() | sets the numerical equivalence of month (ranges from 0 to 11) as per universal time |
| setUTCSeconds() | sets the seconds (ranges from 0 to 59) as per the universal time |
| toDateString() | converts the date into a string |
| toLocalDateString() | converts the date into a string as per local conventions |
| toLocalTimeString() | converts the time into a string as per local convention |
| toLocalString() | converts the Date object into a string as per local convention |
| toString() | converts the Date object into a string |
| toTimeString() | converts time into a string |
| toUTCString() | converts the Date object into a string as per the universal time |
| UTC() | holds the number of millisecond since the midnight of January 1, 1970, as per the universal time |
| valueOf() | returns the primitive value of the Date object |
JavaScript Date Example
Here is an example of JavaScript date. This JavaScript program will print the today's date and the current time as output:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Date Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var today_date_var = new Date();
document.write("Today's date is: <b>" + today_date_var.getDate() + "/" + (today_date_var.getMonth()+1) + "/" + today_date_var.getFullYear() + "</b><br/>");
document.write("The time is: <b>" + today_date_var.getHours() + ":" + today_date_var.getMinutes() + ":" + today_date_var.getSeconds() + "</b><br/>");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Here is the output produced by the above JavaScript date example program:
Here is the live demo output produced by the above Date object example in JavaScript. You will watch today's date and current time as output.
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