JavaScript Date Object

Date Object

The Date object is used to process dates and times.

To create the syntax for a Date object:

var mydate=new Date ()

Note: The Date object automatically saves the current date and time as its initial value.

Date Object Properties

Properties	Description
Constructor	Returns a reference to the Date function that created this object.
Prototype	gives you the ability to add properties and methods to an object.

Date Object method

Method	Description
Date ()	Returns the date and time of day.
GetDate ()	Returns the day of the one month (1 ~ 31) from the Date object.
GetDay ()	Returns the day of the week from a Date object (0 ~ 6).
GetMonth ()	Returns the month (0 ~ 11) from the Date object.
getFullYear ()	Returns the year as a four-digit number from a Date object.
GetYear ()	Please use the getFullYear () method instead.
GetHours ()	Returns the hour (0 ~ 23) of the Date object.
Getminutes ()	Returns the minute (0 ~ 59) of the Date object.
Getseconds ()	Returns the number of seconds (0 ~ 59) of the Date object.
Getmilliseconds ()	Returns the milliseconds (0 ~ 999) of the Date object.
GetTime ()	Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970.
getTimezoneOffset ()	Returns the minute difference between local time and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
getUTCDate ()	Returns the day of the month from the Date object according to the world (1 ~ 31).
GetUTCDay ()	Returns the day of the week from the Date object according to the world (0 ~ 6).
getUTCMonth ()	Returns the month (0 ~ 11) from the Date object according to the world.
getUTCFullYear ()	Returns a four-digit year from a Date object, based on the world.
getUTCHours ()	Returns the hour (0 ~ 23) of the Date object according to the universal.
getUTCMinutes ()	Returns the minute (0 ~ 59) of the Date object according to the universal.
getUTCSeconds ()	Returns the seconds (0 ~ 59) of a Date object according to the universal.
getUTCMilliseconds ()	Returns the milliseconds (0 ~ 999) of a Date object according to the universal.
Parse ()	Returns the number of milliseconds from midnight January 1, 1970 to the specified date (string).
SetDate ()	Sets the day of the month in the Date object (1 ~ 31).
Setmonth ()	Sets the month (0 ~ 11) in the Date object.
setFullYear ()	Sets the year (four digits) in the Date object.
Setyear ()	Please use the setFullYear () method instead.
Sethours ()	Sets the hour (0 ~ 23) in the Date object.
Setminutes ()	Sets the minute (0 ~ 59) in the Date object.
Setseconds ()	Sets the second (0 ~ 59) in the Date object.
Setmilliseconds ()	Sets the milliseconds (0 ~ 999) in the Date object.
SetTime ()	Sets the Date object in milliseconds.
SetUTCDate ()	Sets the day of the month in the Date object according to the world time (1 ~ 31).
setUTCMonth ()	Sets the month (0 ~ 11) in the Date object according to the world time.
setUTCFullYear ()	Sets the year (four digits) in the Date object according to the world time.
setUTCHours ()	Sets the hour in the Date object according to the world time (0 ~ 23).
setUTCMinutes ()	Sets the minute (0 ~ 59) in the Date object according to the world.
setUTCSeconds ()	Sets the seconds in the Date object according to the world time (0 ~ 59).
setUTCMilliseconds ()	Sets the milliseconds (0 ~ 999) in the Date object according to the world time.
Tosource ()	Returns the source code for the object.
ToString ()	Converts a Date object to a string.
toTimeString ()	Converts the time portion of a Date object to a string.
toDateString ()	Converts the date part of a Date object to a string.
toGMTString ()	Please use the toutcstring () method instead.
toUTCString ()	Converts a Date object to a string, depending on the universal.
toLocaleString ()	Converts a Date object to a string, based on the local time format.
toLocaleTimeString ()	Converts the time portion of a Date object to a string, based on the local time format.
toLocaleDateString ()	Converts the date part of a DateTime object to a string, based on the local time format.
UTC ()	Returns the number of milliseconds from January 1, 1970 to the specified date, depending on the time.
ValueOf ()	Returns the original value of the Date object.

JavaScript Date Object