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JavaScript Date Reference

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JavaScript Date Reference

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JavaScript Date Methods and Properties

Revised April 2026

Name

Description new Date()

Creates a new Date object constructor

Creates a new Date object constructor

Returns the function that created the Date prototype getDate()

Formula

Returns the day of the month (from 1 - 31)

getDay()

Formula

Returns the day of the week (from 0 - 6)

getFullYear()

Returns the year getHours()

Formula

Returns the hour (from 0 - 23)

getMilliseconds()

Formula

Returns the milliseconds (from 0 - 999)

getMinutes()

Formula

Returns the minutes (from 0 - 59)

getMonth()

Formula

Returns the month (from 0 - 11)

getSeconds()

Formula

Returns the seconds (from 0 - 59)

getTime() Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1 1970, and a specified date getTimezoneOffset() Returns the time difference between UTC time and local time, in minutes getUTCDate()

Formula

Returns the day of the month, according to universal time (from 1 - 31)

getUTCDay()

Formula

Returns the day of the week, according to universal time (from 0 - 6)

getUTCFullYear() Returns the year, according to universal time getUTCHours()

Formula

Returns the hour, according to universal time (from 0 - 23)

getUTCMilliseconds()

Formula

Returns the milliseconds, according to universal time (from 0 - 999)

getUTCMinutes()

Formula

Returns the minutes, according to universal time (from 0 - 59)

getUTCMonth()

Formula

Returns the month, according to universal time (from 0 - 11)

getUTCSeconds()

Formula

Returns the seconds, according to universal time (from 0 - 59)

getYear() Deprecated.

Use the getFullYear()

method instead now() Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970 parse() Parses a date string and returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 prototype Allows you to add properties and methods to an object setDate() Sets the day of the month of a date object setFullYear() Sets the year 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()

Formula

Sets a date to a specified number of milliseconds after/before 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 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, formatted 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 since midnight of January 1, 1970, according to UTC time valueOf() Returns the primitive value of a Date object

Learn More:

JavaScript Date Tutorial

JavaScript Date Formats

JavaScript Date Get Methods

JavaScript Date Set Methods

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