JavaScript Date Methods

In this tutorial, we shall learn the JavaScript Date Methods available. Following is a quick list.

Get Methods

  • getDate() returns Date as String Object.
  • getDay() returns Day of the month as Number (1 to 31).
  • getFullYear() returns current year in Full Year format as Number (YYYY – four digit year).
  • getHours() returns number of hours passed for the day in date (0 to 24).
  • getMilliseconds() returns the number of milliseconds passed in the date (0 to 999).
  • getMinutes() returns the number of minutes passed in the date (0 to 59).
  • getMonth() returns the number of month as Number (0 to 11).
  • getSeconds() returns the number of seconds passed in the date as Number (0 to 59).
  • getTime() returns the number of milliseconds passed from (00:00 01-01-1970) till the date as Number.

Set Methods

  • setDate() sets the argument as the Date.
  • setDay() sets the argument (1 to 31) as the day of the month in Date Object.
  • setFullYear() sets the argument (YYYY- four digit) as the year in Date Object.
  • setHours() sets the argument (0 ot 59) as the hours in the Date Object.
  • setMilliseconds() sets the argument (0 to 999) as the number of milliseconds in the Date Object.
  • setMinutes() sets the argument (0 to 59) as the number of minutes in the Date Object.
  • setMonth() sets the argument (0 to 11) as the month in the Date Object.
  • setSeconds() sets the argument (0 to 59) as the number of seconds in the Date Object.
  • setTime() sets the argument (number of milliseconds from 00:00 01-01-1970) as the value of Date Object.

Example – Date get methods

The following example demonstrates the Date() get methods.

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Example – Date set methods

The following example demonstrates the Date() set methods.

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Conclusion

In this JavaScript Tutorial, we learned about different methods of Date Object, with examples.