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Date

Overview

A class that represents a date and time.

Base Class

Object

Constructor

Date()
Date(milliseconds : Number)
Date(text : String)
Date(year : Number, month : Number, day : Number, hour : Number, minute : Number, second : Number, millisecond : Number)

Arguments

milliseconds: The number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the date represented by the new Date.
text: A string that specifies the new Date
year: The year of the new Date.
month: The month of the new Date.
day: The day of the new Date. Optional.
hour: The hour of the new Date. Optional.
minute: The minute of the new Date. Optional.
second: The second of the new Date. Optional.
millisecond: The millisecond of the new Date. Optional.

Methods

Date.UTC: Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the argument.
Date.getDate: Returns the day of the month.
Date.getDay: Returns the day of the week.
Date.getFullYear: Returns the year.
Date.getHours: Returns the hours.
Date.getMilliseconds: Returns the milliseconds.
Date.getMinutes: Returns the minutes.
Date.getMonth: Returns the month.
Date.getSeconds: Returns the seconds.
Date.getTime: Returns the milliseconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00.
Date.getTimezoneOffset: Returns the number of minutes difference between local and UTC time.
Date.getUTCDate: Returns the day of month in universal time.
Date.getUTCDay: Returns the day of the week in universal time.
Date.getUTCFullYear: Returns the year in universal time.
Date.getUTCHours: Returns the hours in universal time.
Date.getUTCMilliseconds: Returns the milliseconds in universal time.
Date.getUTCMinutes: Returns the minutes in universal time.
Date.getUTCMonth: Returns the month in universal time.
Date.getUTCSeconds: Returns the seconds in universal time.
Date.getYear: Returns the year.
Date.parse: Parses the argument and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00.
Date.setDate: Sets the day of the month.
Date.setFullYear: Sets the year.
Date.setHours: Sets the hour.
Date.setMilliseconds: Sets the milliseconds.
Date.setMinutes: Sets the minutes.
Date.setMonth: Sets the month.
Date.setSeconds: Sets the seconds.
Date.setTime: Sets the date using milliseconds since 1/1/1970 00:00:00.
Date.setUTCDate: Sets the day of the month in universal time.
Date.setUTCFullYear: Sets the year in universal time.
Date.setUTCHours: Sets the hour in universal time.
Date.setUTCMilliseconds: Sets the milliseconds in universal time.
Date.setUTCMinutes: Sets the minutes in universal time.
Date.setUTCMonth: Sets the month in universal time.
Date.setUTCSeconds: Sets the seconds in universal time.
Date.setYear: Sets the year.
Date.toDateString: Returns a string representing the date.
Date.toGMTString: Returns a string representing the date.
Date.toLocaleString: Returns a string representing the date.
Date.toString: Returns a string representing the date.
Date.toTimeString: Returns a string representing the date.
Date.toUTCString: Returns a string representing the date.

Inherited Methods

Object.hasOwnProperty: Checks for the existence of an object property
Object.toLocaleString: Returns a string that represents the object.
Object.toString: Returns a string that represents the object.
Object.valueOf: Returns the 'primitive' value of the object.

Date.UTC

static function Date.UTC(year : Number, month : Number, day : Number, hour : Number, minute : Number, second : Number, millisecond : Number)

Arguments

year: The year of the Date.
month: The month of the Date.
day: The day of the Date. Optional.
hour: The hour of the Date. Optional.
minute: The minute of the Date. Optional.
second: The second of the Date. Optional.
millisecond: The millisecond of the Date. Optional.

Returns

Returns the milliseconds after 1/1/1970 00:00:00 of the date specified by the parameters. This date is interpreted to be in UTC.

Description

Returns the milliseconds after 1/1/1970 00:00:00 of the date specified by the parameters. This date is interpreted to be in UTC.

Date.getDate

function Date.getDate() : Number

Returns

Returns the day of the month of date in local time, where the first day of the month is a 1.

Description

Returns the day of the month of date in local time, where the first day of the month is a 1.

Date.getDay

function Date.getDay() : Number

Returns

Returns the day of the week of date in local time where 0 corresponds to Sunday and 6 corresponds to Saturday.

Description

Returns the day of the week of date in local time where 0 corresponds to Sunday and 6 corresponds to Saturday.

Date.getFullYear

function Date.getFullYear() : Number

Returns

Returns the year of the date in local time in four-digit notation.

Description

Returns the year of the date in local time in four-digit notation.

Date.getHours

function Date.getHours() : Number

Returns

Returns the hour of day of date in local time where 0 corresponds to midnight and 23 corresponds to 11 p.m.

Description

Returns the hour of day of date in local time where 0 corresponds to midnight and 23 corresponds to 11 p.m.

Date.getMilliseconds

function Date.getMilliseconds() : Number

Returns

Returns the milliseconds field of the date in local time.

Description

Returns the milliseconds field of the date in local time.

Date.getMinutes

function Date.getMinutes() : Number

Returns

Returns the minutes of the hour of the date in local time.

Description

Returns the minutes of the hour of the date in local time.

Date.getMonth

function Date.getMonth() : Number

Returns

Returns the month of the year of date in local time. 0 means January, 11 December.

Description

Returns the month of the year of date in local time. 0 means January, 11 December.

Date.getSeconds

function Date.getSeconds() : Number

Returns

Returns the seconds field of the date in local time.

Description

Returns the seconds field of the date in local time.

Date.getTime

function Date.getTime() : Number

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the date.

Description

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the date.

Date.getTimezoneOffset

function Date.getTimezoneOffset() : Number

Returns

Returns the number of minutes between GMT and the local time.

Description

Returns the number of minutes between GMT and the local time.

Date.getUTCDate

function Date.getUTCDate() : Number

Returns

Returns the day of the month of date in UTC where the first day of the month is given by 1.

Description

Returns the day of the month of date in UTC where the first day of the month is given by 1.

Date.getUTCDay

function Date.getUTCDay() : Number

Returns

Returns the day of the week of date in UTC where 0 corresponds to Sunday and 6 corresponds to Saturday.

Description

Returns the day of the week of date in UTC where 0 corresponds to Sunday and 6 corresponds to Saturday.

Date.getUTCFullYear

function Date.getUTCFullYear() : Number

Returns

Returns the year of the date in UTC in four-digit notation.

Description

Returns the year of the date in UTC in four-digit notation.

Date.getUTCHours

function Date.getUTCHours() : Number

Returns

Returns the hour of day of date in UTC where 0 corresponds to midnight and 23 corresponds to 11 p.m.

Description

Returns the hour of day of date in UTC where 0 corresponds to midnight and 23 corresponds to 11 p.m.

Date.getUTCMilliseconds

function Date.getUTCMilliseconds() : Number

Returns

Returns the milliseconds of the seconds of the date in UTC.

Description

Returns the milliseconds of the seconds of the date in UTC.

Date.getUTCMinutes

function Date.getUTCMinutes() : Number

Returns

Returns the minutes of the hour of the date in UTC.

Description

Returns the minutes of the hour of the date in UTC.

Date.getUTCMonth

function Date.getUTCMonth() : Number

Returns

Returns the month of the year of date in UTC where 0 corresponds to January and 11 corresponds to December.

Description

Returns the month of the year of date in UTC where 0 corresponds to January and 11 corresponds to December.

Date.getUTCSeconds

function Date.getUTCSeconds() : Number

Returns

Returns the seconds of the minute of the date in UTC.

Description

Returns the seconds of the minute of the date in UTC.

Date.getYear

function Date.getYear() : Number

Returns

Returns the year of the date in local time in two-digit notation.

Description

Returns the year of the date in local time in two-digit notation, relative to 1900.

Date.parse

static function Date.parse(text : String) : Number

Arguments

text: The text describing the date of which the milliseconds after 1/1/1970 00:00:00 are to be returned.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the date described by text.

Description

Parses the date described by text and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and that date.

Date.setDate

function Date.setDate(day : Number) : Number

Arguments

day: The new day of the date.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new day of the date and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setFullYear

function Date.setFullYear(year : Number) : Number

Arguments

year: The new year of the date in four-digit format.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new year of the date using a four-digit format and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setHours

function Date.setHours(hour : Number) : Number

Arguments

hour: The new hour of the date.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new hour of the date and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setMilliseconds

function Date.setMilliseconds(millisecond : Number) : Number

Arguments

millisecond: The new millisecond of the date.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new millisecond of the date and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setMinutes

function Date.setMinutes(minute : Number) : Number

Arguments

minute: The new minute of the date.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new minute of the date and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setMonth

function Date.setMonth(month : Number) : Number

Arguments

month: The new month of the date.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new month of the date and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setSeconds

function Date.setSeconds(second : Number) : Number

Arguments

second: The new second of the date.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new second of the date and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setTime

function Date.setTime(milliseconds : Number) : Number

Arguments

milliseconds: The new number of milliseconds of the date.

Returns

Returns the new number of milliseconds of the date.

Description

Sets the new number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the date.

Date.setUTCDate

function Date.setUTCDate(day : Number) : Number

Arguments

day: The new day of the date in UTC.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new day of the date in UTC and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setUTCFullYear

function Date.setUTCFullYear(year : Number) : Number

Arguments

year: The new year of the date in four-digit format in UTC.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new year of the date using a four-digit format in UTC and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setUTCHours

function Date.setUTCHours(hour : Number) : Number

Arguments

hour: The new hour of the date in UTC.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new hour of the date in UTC and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setUTCMilliseconds

function Date.setUTCMilliseconds(millisecond : Number) : Number

Arguments

millisecond: The new millisecond of the date.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new millisecond of the date in UTC and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setUTCMinutes

function Date.setUTCMinutes(minute : Number) : Number

Arguments

minutes: The new minutes of the date in UTC.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new minutes of the date in UTC and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setUTCMonth

function Date.setUTCMonth(month : Number) : Number

Arguments

month: The new month of the date in UTC.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new month of the date in UTC and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setUTCSeconds

function Date.setUTCSeconds(second : Number) : Number

Arguments

second: The new second of the date in UTC.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new second of the date in UTC and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.setYear

function Date.setYear(year : Number) : Number

Arguments

year: The new year of the date in two-digit format.

Returns

Returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Description

Sets the new year of the date using a two-digit format and returns the number of milliseconds between 1/1/1970 00:00:00 and the new date.

Date.toDateString

function Date.toDateString() : String

Returns

Returns a string representing the date part of the date in local time.

Description

Returns a string representing the date part of the date in local time.

Date.toGMTString

function Date.toGMTString() : String

Returns

Returns a string representing date in GMT.

Description

Returns a string representing date in GMT.

Date.toLocaleString

function Date.toLocaleString() : String

Returns

Returns a string representing the date part of the date in local time in the local format.

Description

Returns a string representing the date part of the date in local time in the local format.

Date.toString

function Date.toString() : String

Returns

Returns a string representing the date in local time.

Description

Returns a string representing the date in local time.

Date.toTimeString

function Date.toTimeString() : String

Returns

Returns a string representing the time part of the date in local time.

Description

Returns a string representing the time part of the date in local time.

Date.toUTCString

function Date.toUTCString() : String

Returns

Returns a string representing the date in UTC.

Description

Returns a string representing the date in UTC.

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