Date Methods Reference:
The following table lists all the get methods of Date object.
| Method
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Description
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| Date()
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Returns current date and time
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| getDate()
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Returns numeric day (1 - 31) of the specified date.
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| getDay()
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Returns the day of the week (0 - 6) for the specified date.
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| getFullYear()
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Returns four digit year of the specified date.
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| getHours()
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Returns the hour (0 - 23) in the specified date.
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| getMilliseconds()
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Returns the milliseconds (0 - 999) in the specified date.
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| getMinutes()
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Returns the minutes (0 - 59) in the specified date.
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| getMonth()
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Returns the month (0 - 11) in the specified date.
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| getSeconds()
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Returns the seconds (0 - 59) in the specified date.
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| getTime()
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Returns the milliseconds as number since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
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| getTimezoneOffset()
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Returns the time zone offset in minutes for the current locale.
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| getUTCDate()
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Returns the day (1 - 31) of the month of the specified date as per UTC time zone.
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| getUTCDay()
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Returns the day (0 - 6) of the week of the specified date as per UTC timezone.
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| getUTCFullYear()
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Returns the four digits year of the specified date as per UTC time zone.
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| getUTCHours()
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Returns the hours (0 - 23) of the specified date as per UTC time zone.
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| getUTCMilliseconds()
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Returns the milliseconds (0 - 999) of the specified date as per UTC time zone.
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| getUTCMinutes()
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Returns the minutes (0 - 59) of the specified date as per UTC time zone.
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| getUTCMonth()
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Returns the month (0 - 11) of the specified date as per UTC time zone.
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| getUTCSeconds()
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Returns the seconds (0 - 59) of the specified date as per UTC time zone.
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| getYear()
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Returns the no of years of the specified date since 1990. This method is Deprecated
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The following table lists all the set methods of Date object.
| setDate()
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Sets the day as number in the date object.
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| setFullYear()
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Sets the four digit full year as number in the date object. Optionally set month and date.
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| setHours()
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Sets the hours as number in the date object. Optionally set minutes, seconds and milliseconds.
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| setMilliseconds()
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Sets the milliseconds as number in the date object.
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| setMinutes()
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Sets the minutes as number in the date object. Optionally set seconds & milliseconds.
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| setMonth()
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Sets the month as number in the date object. Optionally set date.
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| setSeconds()
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Sets the seconds as number in the date object. Optionally set milliseconds.
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| setTime()
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Sets the time as number in the Date object since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
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| setUTCDate()
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Sets the day in the date object as per UTC time zone.
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| setUTCFullYear()
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Sets the full year in the date object as per UTC time zone
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| setUTCHours()
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Sets the hour in the date object as per UTC time zone
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| setUTCMilliseconds()
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Sets the milliseconds in the date object as per UTC time zone
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| setUTCMinutes()
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Sets the minutes in the date object as per UTC time zone
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| setUTCMonth()
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Sets the month in the date object as per UTC time zone
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| setUTCSeconds()
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Sets the seconds in the date object as per UTC time zone
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| setYear()
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Sets the year in the date object. This method is Deprecated
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| toDateString()
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Returns the date segment from the specified date, excludes time.
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| toGMTString()
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Returns a date string in GMT time zone.
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| toLocaleDateString()
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Returns the date segment of the specified date using the current locale.
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| toLocaleFormat()
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Returns a date string in default format.
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| toLocaleString()
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Returns a date string using a current locale format.
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| toLocaleTimeString()
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Returns the time segment of the specified Date as a string.
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| toString()
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Returns a string for the specified Date object.
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| toTimeString()
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Returns the time segment as a string from the specified date object.
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| toUTCString()
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Returns a string as per UTC time zone.
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| valueOf()
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Returns the primitive value of a Date object.
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