JavaScript Date Object Reference Chart Cheat Sheet
This is part sixteen of the JavaScript tutorial. If you missed the previous lessons, you may want to review them prior to viewing this JavaScript Date Object Reference Chart.
Locate the JavaScript code you need within the following JavaScript date object reference chart. You can then copy and paste your selected JavaScript coding into your script.
JavaScript Date Object Reference
|
Method |
Description |
date( ) |
Returns the current date and time |
getDate( ) |
Returns the date, between the days of 1 and 31 |
getDay( ) |
Returns the day of the week, numbered 0 to 6 |
getMonth( ) |
Returns the month, numbered 0 to 11 |
getFullYear( ) |
Returns the year as a four digit number |
getYear( ) |
Returns the year as a two digit number |
getHours( ) |
Returns the current hour from 0 to 23 |
getMinutes( ) |
Returns the current minutes from 0 to 59 |
getSeconds( ) |
Returns the current seconds from 0 to 59 |
getMilliseconds( ) |
Returns the current milliseconds from 0 to 999 |
getTime( ) |
Returns the milliseconds since January 1, 1970 |
getTimezoneOffset( ) |
Returns the difference in time between local time and GMT |
getUTCDate( ) |
Displays the day of the month from a Date object specified by universal time – from 1-31 |
getUTCDay( ) |
Displays the day of the week from a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-6 |
getUTCMonth( ) |
Displays the month from a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-6 |
getUTCFullYear( ) |
Displays the four digit year from a Date object specified by universal time |
getUTCHours( ) |
Displays the hour of a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-23 |
getUTCMinutes( ) |
Displays the minutes of a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-59 |
getUTCSeconds( ) |
Displays the seconds of a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-59 |
getUTCMilliseconds( ) |
Displays the milliseconds of a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-999 |
parse( ) |
Uses a date string and displays the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 |
setDate( ) |
Specifies the day of the month 1-31 |
setMonth( ) |
Specifies the day of the month 0-11 |
setFullYear( ) |
Specifies the year in a Date object – four digits |
setHours( ) |
Specifies the hour in a Date object – 0-23 |
setMinutes( ) |
Specifies the minutes in a Date object – 0-59 |
setSeconds( ) |
Specifies the seconds in a Date object – 0-59 |
setMilliseconds( ) |
Specifies the milliseconds in a Date object – 0-999 |
setTime( ) |
Figures a date and time by adding or subtracting milliseconds from January 1, 1970 |
setUTCDate( ) |
Specifies the day of the month in a Date object specified by universal time – from 1-31 |
setUTCMonth( ) |
Specifies the month in a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-11 |
setUTCFullYear( ) |
Specifies the year in a Date object specified by universal time – four digits |
setUTCHours( ) |
Specifies the hour in a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-23 |
setUTCMinutes( ) |
Specifies the minutes in a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-59 |
setUTCSeconds( ) |
Specifies the month in a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-59 |
setUTCMilliseconds( ) |
Specifies the milliseconds in a Date object specified by universal time – from 0-999 |
toSource( ) |
Denotes the source code of an object |
toString( ) |
Changes a Date object into a string |
toUTCString( ) |
Changes a Date object into a string specified by universal time |
toLocaleString( ) |
Changes a Date object into a string according to local time |
UTC( ) |
Takes a date and returns the number of milliseconds, according to universal time, since January 1, 1970 |
valueof( ) |
Supplies the primitive value of a Date object |
By using a JavaScript code cheat sheet for your date objects, you can save yourself a lot of time.
This concludes the JavaScript Date Object Reference Chart. Congratulations on completing the JavaScript Tutorial!