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