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Date

Methods

Getter

dateObj.getDate(): Returns the day of the month (1-31) for the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getDay(): Returns the day of the week (0-6) for the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getFullYear(): Returns the year (4 digits for 4-digit years) of the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getHours(): Returns the hour (0-23) in the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getMilliseconds(): Returns the milliseconds (0-999) in the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getMinutes(): Returns the minutes (0-59) in the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getMonth(): Returns the month (0-11) in the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getSeconds(): Returns the seconds (0-59) in the specified date according to local time.
dateObj.getTime(): Returns the numeric value of the specified date as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (negative for prior times).
dateObj.getTimezoneOffset(): Returns the time-zone offset in minutes for the current locale.
dateObj.getUTCDate(): Returns the day (date) of the month (1-31) in the specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.getUTCDay(): Returns the day of the week (0-6) in the specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.getUTCFullYear(): Returns the year (4 digits for 4-digit years) in the specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.getUTCHours(): Returns the hours (0-23) in the specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.getUTCMilliseconds(): Returns the milliseconds (0-999) in the specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.getUTCMinutes(): Returns the minutes (0-59) in the specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.getUTCMonth(): Returns the month (0-11) in the specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.getUTCSeconds(): Returns the seconds (0-59) in the specified date according to universal time.

Setter

dateObj.setDate(): Sets the day of the month for a specified date according to local time.
dateObj.setFullYear(): Sets the full year (e.g. 4 digits for 4-digit years) for a specified date according to local time.
dateObj.setHours(): Sets the hours for a specified date according to local time.
dateObj.setMilliseconds(): Sets the milliseconds for a specified date according to local time.
dateObj.setMinutes(): Sets the minutes for a specified date according to local time.
dateObj.setMonth(): Sets the month for a specified date according to local time.
dateObj.setSeconds(): Sets the seconds for a specified date according to local time.
dateObj.setTime(): Sets the Date object to the time represented by a number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC, allowing for negative numbers for times prior.
dateObj.setUTCDate(): Sets the day of the month for a specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.setUTCFullYear(): Sets the full year (e.g. 4 digits for 4-digit years) for a specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.setUTCHours(): Sets the hour for a specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.setUTCMilliseconds(): Sets the milliseconds for a specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.setUTCMinutes(): Sets the minutes for a specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.setUTCMonth(): Sets the month for a specified date according to universal time.
dateObj.setUTCSeconds(): Sets the seconds for a specified date according to universal time.

Conversion getter

dateObj.toDateString(): Returns the "date" portion of the Date as a human-readable string.
dateObj.toISOString(): Converts a date to a string following the ISO 8601 Extended Format.
dateObj.toJSON(): Returns a string representing the Date using toISOString(). Intended for use by JSON.stringify().
dateObj.toLocaleDateString(): Returns a string with a locality sensitive representation of the date portion of this date based on system settings.
dateObj.toLocaleFormat(): Converts a date to a string, using a format string.
dateObj.toLocaleString(): Returns a string with a locality sensitive representation of this date. Overrides the Object.prototype.toLocaleString() method.
dateObj.toLocaleTimeString(): Returns a string with a locality sensitive representation of the time portion of this date based on system settings.
dateObj.toSource(): Returns a string representing the source for an equivalent Date object; you can use this value to create a new object. Overrides the Object.prototype.toSource() method.
dateObj.toString(): Returns a string representing the specified Date object. Overrides the Object.prototype.toString() method.
dateObj.toTimeString(): Returns the "time" portion of the Date as a human-readable string.
dateObj.toUTCString(): Converts a date to a string using the UTC timezone.
dateObj.valueOf(): Returns the primitive value of a Date object. Overrides the Object.prototype.valueOf() method.

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[2] ISO8601 Date Format is not supported in Internet Explorer 8, and other version can have issues when parsing dates