Date Object – JavaScript

The Date object is a datatype that is used to work with dates and times which is built into the JavaScript language.

Date objects are created with the new Date() that represents a single moment in time.

Once a Date object is created, you can allow a number of methods to operate on it.

This objects can be instantiated only by calling JavaScript Date as a constructor.

Syntax:

var dt = new Date();
var dt = new Date(milliseconds);
var dt = new Date(dateString);
var dt = new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds);

After creating the instance of the Date object, you can get access all the methods of the object from the “dt” variable.

If we pass no argument in the Date(), then the constructor creates a JavaScript Date object for the current date and time according to the date of system settings.

Read Also: JavaScript Arrays

Date Properties:

constructor – Specifies the function that created the Date object’s prototype.
prototype – The property allows to add properties and methods to an object.

Static Methods:

This also defines two static methods i.e. Date.parse() and Date.UTC().

Requirements:

This was introduced in Internet Explorer before version 6.

For more details about the Date Methods click here.