| Function |
Description |
Returned Values |
getDate()
getUTCDate() |
Day of the month |
1-31 |
getDay()
getUTCDay() |
Day of the week (integer) |
0-6 |
getFullYear()
getUTCFullYear() |
Year (full four digit) |
1900+ |
getHours()
getUTCHours() |
Hour of the day (integer) |
0-23 |
getMilliseconds()
getUTCMilliseconds() |
Milliseconds (since last second) |
0-999 |
getMinutes()
getUTCMinutes() |
Minutes (since last hour) |
0-59 |
getMonth()
getUTCMonth() |
Month |
0-11 |
getSeconds()
getUTCSeconds() |
Seconds (since last minute) |
0-59 |
| getTime() |
Number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 |
|
| getTimezoneOffset() |
Difference between local time and GMT in
minutes |
0-1439 |
| getYear() |
Year |
0-99 for years between 1900-1999
Four digit for 2000+ |
| parse() |
Returns the number of milliseconds since
midnight 1 January 1970 for a given date and time string passed to it. |
|
setDate()
setUTCDate() |
Sets the day, given a number between 1-31 |
Date in milliseconds |
setFullYear()
setUTCFullYear() |
Sets the year, given a four digit number |
Date in milliseconds |
setHours()
setUTCHours() |
Sets the hour, given a number between 0-23 |
Date in milliseconds |
setMilliseconds()
setUTCMilliseconds() |
Sets the milliseconds, given a number |
Date in milliseconds |
setMinutes()
setUTCMinutes() |
Sets the minutes, given a number between 0-59 |
Date in milliseconds |
setMonth()
setUTCMonth() |
Sets the month, given a number between 0-11 |
Date in milliseconds |
setSeconds()
setUTCSeconds() |
Sets the seconds,l given a number between 0-59 |
Date in milliseconds |
| setTime() |
Sets the date, given the number of milliseconds
since 1 January 1970 |
Date in milliseconds |
| setYear() |
Sets the year, given either a two digit or four
digit number |
Date in milliseconds |
toGMTString()
toUTCString() |
GMT date and time as a string |
day dd mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT |
| toLocaleString() |
Local date and time as a string |
Depends on operating system, locale, and
browser |
| toString() |
Local date and time as a string |
Depends on operating system, locale, and
browser |
| UTC() |
Returns the number of milliseconds since 1
January 1970 for a given date in year, month, day (and optionally, hours,
minutes, seconds, and milliseconds) |
Date in milliseconds |
| valueOf() |
Number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 |
Date in milliseconds |
