Date object in JavaScript
In JavaScript, object is the container of properties/variables and methods/functions. Date is the object which contains some methods to perform some date and time related functions.
Date properties and methods in JavaScript.
Example of creating date object in JavaScript
Creating Date() object and accessing getHours(), getMinutes() and getSeconds() methods
<script>
var d=new Date();
var h=d.getHours();
var m=d.getMinutes();
var s=d.getSeconds();
document.write(h+":"+m+":"+s);
</script>
Output:
The code above will display :
Example of displaying Date() object
By default, JavaScript will use the browser's time zone and display a date as a full text string:
var d=new Date();
document.write(d);
Output:
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Example of getFullYear() method
This method returns current year
var d=new Date();
var y=d.getFullYear();
document.write("current year = "+y);
Output:
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Example of getMonth() method
This method returns the current month
var d=new Date();
var m=d.getMonth();
document.write("current month = "+m);
Output:
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Example of getDate() method
This method returns the current date
var d=new Date();
var date=d.getDate();
document.write("current date = "+date);
Output:
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Example of getTime() method
This methods returns the number of milliseconds* since the Unix Epoch. *. This time is the number of seconds that have passed since 1 January 1970 00:00 UTC(Coordinated Universal Time)
var d=new Date();
var t=d.getTime();
document.write("current unix seconds = "+t);
Output:
The code above will display :