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The Date object is used to work with dates and times.
Syntax for creating a Date object:
var myDate=new Date() |
Note: The Date object will automatically hold the current date and time as its initial value!
FF: Firefox, N: Netscape, IE: Internet Explorer
| Property | Description | FF | N | IE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| constructor | Returns a reference to the Date function that created the object | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| prototype | Allows you to add properties and methods to the object | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Method | Description | FF | N | IE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date() | Returns today's date and time | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getDate() | Returns the day of the month from a Date object (from 1-31) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getDay() | Returns the day of the week from a Date object (from 0-6) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getFullYear() | Returns the year, as a four-digit number, from a Date object | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getHours() | Returns the hour of a Date object (from 0-23) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getMilliseconds() | Returns the milliseconds of a Date object (from 0-999) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getMinutes() | Returns the minutes of a Date object (from 0-59) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getMonth() | Returns the month from a Date object (from 0-11) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getSeconds() | Returns the seconds of a Date object (from 0-59) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getTime() | Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getTimezoneOffset() | Returns the difference in minutes between local time and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| getUTCDate() | Returns the day of the month from a Date object according to universal time (from 1-31) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getUTCDay() | Returns the day of the week from a Date object according to universal time (from 0-6) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getUTCMonth() | Returns the month from a Date object according to universal time (from 0-11) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getUTCFullYear() | Returns the four-digit year from a Date object according to universal time | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getUTCHours() | Returns the hour of a Date object according to universal time (from 0-23) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getUTCMinutes() | Returns the minutes of a Date object according to universal time (from 0-59) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getUTCSeconds() | Returns the seconds of a Date object according to universal time (from 0-59) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getUTCMilliseconds() | Returns the milliseconds of a Date object according to universal time (from 0-999) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| getYear() | Returns the year, as a two-digit or a three/four-digit number, depending on the browser. Use getFullYear() instead !! | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| parse() | Takes a date string and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| setDate() | Sets the day of the month in a Date object (from 1-31) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| setFullYear() | Sets the year in a Date object (four digits) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setHours() | Sets the hour in a Date object (from 0-23) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| setMilliseconds() | Sets the milliseconds in a Date object (from 0-999) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setMinutes() | Set the minutes in a Date object (from 0-59) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| setMonth() | Sets the month in a Date object (from 0-11) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| setSeconds() | Sets the seconds in a Date object (from 0-59) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| setTime() | Calculates a date and time by adding or subtracting a specified number of milliseconds to/from midnight January 1, 1970 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| setUTCDate() | Sets the day of the month in a Date object according to universal time (from 1-31) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setUTCMonth() | Sets the month in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-11) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setUTCFullYear() | Sets the year in a Date object according to universal time (four digits) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setUTCHours() | Sets the hour in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-23) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setUTCMinutes() | Set the minutes in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-59) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setUTCSeconds() | Set the seconds in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-59) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setUTCMilliseconds() | Sets the milliseconds in a Date object according to universal time (from 0-999) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| setYear() | Sets the year in the Date object (two or four digits). Use setFullYear() instead !! | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| toDateString() | Returns the date portion of a Date object in readable form | |||
| toGMTString() | Converts a Date object, according to Greenwich time, to a string. Use toUTCString() instead !! | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| toLocaleDateString() | Converts a Date object, according to local time, to a string and returns the date portion | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| toLocaleTimeString() | Converts a Date object, according to local time, to a string and returns the time portion | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| toLocaleString() | Converts a Date object, according to local time, to a string | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| toSource() | Represents the source code of an object | 1 | 4 | - |
| toString() | Converts a Date object to a string | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| toTimeString() | Returns the time portion of a Date object in readable form | |||
| toUTCString() | Converts a Date object, according to universal time, to a string | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| UTC() | Takes a date and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970 according to universal time | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| valueOf() | Returns the primitive value of a Date object | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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