
In this javascript tutorial, you’ll learn some important javascript date method that you mush know because playing with date manipulation required knowledge of the date method to fetch the required detail from javascript date object or set the detail in the date object.
JavaScript Date
JavaScript Date
object represents a single moment in time. Date
objects contain a Number
that represents milliseconds since 1 January 1970 UTC. The Date object is used to work with dates and times.
Constructor
Date()
// Creates a new Date object.
JavaScript Date Get Method
In javascript, date get methods are used to get the detail from a date object like a year, month, day, hour, minute, second, etc. All the get method was also available in UTC. UTC date methods are used for working with UTC dates (Universal Time Zone dates).
There is also a date set method also but the get method is mostly used. But if you want to know about the date set method then click here.
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1. The getFullYear() Method
The getFullYear()
method returns the year of date in a four-digit number (YYYY).
Example of getFullYear() method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getFullYear(); // output => 2020
2. The getMonth() Method
The getMonth()
method returns the month of a date as a number (0-11). As the month value is 1 to 12 but javascript date getMonth() gives one value decremented.
Example of getMonth() method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getMonth(); // output => 9
3. JavaScript getDate() Method
The getDate()
method give the day of a date as a number (1-31):
Example of getDate() method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getDate(); // output => 11
4. The getHours() Method
The getHours()
method gives the hours of a date as a number (0-23). Which is in 24 hours format.
Example of getHours() Method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getHours(); // output => 1
5. The getMinutes() Method
The getMinutes()
method gives the minutes of a date as a number (0-59):
Example of getMinutes() Method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getMinutes(); // output => 10
6. The getSeconds() Method
The getSeconds()
method gives the seconds of a date as a number (0-59).
Example of getSeconds() Method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getSeconds(); // output => 20
7. The getMilliseconds() Method
The getMilliseconds()
method gives the milliseconds of a date as a number (0-999).
Example of getMilliseconds() Method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getMilliSeconds(); // 157 => Changes every time
8. The getTime() Method
The getTime()
method gives the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970.
Example of getTime() Method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getTime(); // 1602367701904 => Changes every time
9. The getDay() Method
The getDay()
method gives the weekday of a date as a number (0-6).
Example of getDay() Method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let date = new Date();
d.getDay(); // 0
10. The Date.now() Method
The Date.now()
method gives the time in ECMAScript 5.
Example of Date.now() Method
// Sun Oct 11 2020 01:10:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Date.now() // 1602368086002 => Changes every time
I hope you enjoy this tutorial, in this, you get what you need to fetch the required detail from the date object. The date method also helps to format a date in any required format.
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