Date Object

Get Function
Set Function
Description
value = getDate()
setDate(value)
Date in the month (1 to 31)
value = getDay()
--
Day in the week (0 to 6)
value = getHours()
setHours(value)
Hour within the day (0 to 23)
value = getMinutes()
setMinutes(value)
Minutes within the hour (0 to 59)
value = getMonth()
setMonth(value)
Month in the year (0 to 11)
value = getSeconds()
setSeconds(value)
Seconds in the minute (0 to 59)
value = getTime()
setTime(value)
msec since 1 Jan. 1970 00:00:00
value = getYear()
setYear(value)
Years since 1900 (Netscape 4 - old).  All four digits of the year (IE 5, Netscape 6 and Mozilla - current)
value = getTimeZoneOffset()
--
Minutes offset from GMT
value = toGMTString()
--
GMT time in a string
value = toLocaleString()
--
Local time in a string

 
Constructors Description
new Date() Creates an object based on the current date and time
new Date("Month, dd, yyyy hh:mm:ss") Creates a date with the specified date.  (Any missing values are assumed to be zero.)
new Date("mm/dd/yyyy") Creates a date with the specified date.
new Date("mm/dd/yy") Creates a date with the specified date.  The year is since 1900 (Netscape 4 - old).  All four digits of the year (IE 5, Netscape 6 and Mozilla - current)
new Date(yy, mm, dd) Creates a date with the specified date.
new Date(yy, mm, dd, hh, mm, ss) Creates a date with the specified date.

Note:  Most values in date object are zero based. 



Last Updated: $Date: 2002/08/23 06:34:23 $ GMT ($Revision: 1.6 $)