Date

Methods Summary

Type	Name	Summary
Number	UTC(year, month)	Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time..
Number	UTC(year, month, date)	Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time..
Number	UTC(year, month, date, hrs)	Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time..
Number	UTC(year, month, date, hrs, min)	Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time..
Number	UTC(year, month, date, hrs, min, sec)	Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time..
Number	UTC(year, month, date, hrs, min, sec, ms)	Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time..
Number	getDate()	Gets the day of month in local time.
Number	getDay()	Gets the day of the week (sunday = 0) in local time.
Number	getFullYear()	Gets the full year of the date in local time.
Number	getHours()	Gets the hours of the date in local time.
Number	getMilliseconds()	Gets the milliseconds of the date in local time.
Number	getMinutes()	Gets the minutes of the date in local time.
Number	getMonth()	Gets the month of the date in local time.
Number	getSeconds()	Gets the seconds of the date in local time.
Number	getTime()	The value returned by the getTime method is the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00..
Number	getTimezoneOffset()	Gets the number of minutes between GMT and this date..
Number	getUTCDate()	Gets the UTC date..
Number	getUTCDay()	Gets the day in UTC time..
Number	getUTCFullYear()	Gets the full year in UTC time..
Number	getUTCHours()	Gets the hours in UTC time..
Number	getUTCMilliseconds()	Gets the milliseconds in UTC time..
Number	getUTCMinutes()	Gets the minutes in UTC time..
Number	getUTCMonth()	Gets the month in UTC time..
Number	getUTCSeconds()	Gets the seconds in UTC time..
Number	now()	Returns the milliseconds elapsed since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC up until now..
Number	parse(s)	Takes a date string (such as "Dec 25, 1995") and returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC..
void	setDate(dayValue)	Sets the date..
void	setFullYear(yearValue)	Sets the full year of the date..
void	setFullYear(yearValue, monthValue)	Sets the full year of the date..
void	setFullYear(yearValue, monthValue, dayValue)	Sets the full year of the date..
void	setHours(hoursValue)	Sets the hours of the date..
void	setHours(hoursValue, minutesValue)	Sets the hours of the date..
void	setHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue)	Sets the hours of the date..
void	setHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)	Sets the hours of the date..
void	setMilliseconds(millisecondsValue)	Sets the milliseconds of the date..
void	setMinutes(minutesValue)	Sets the minutes of the date..
void	setMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue)	Sets the minutes of the date..
void	setMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)	Sets the minutes of the date..
void	setMonth(monthValue)	Sets the month of the date..
void	setMonth(monthValue, dayValue)	Sets the month of the date..
void	setSeconds(secondsValue)	Sets the seconds of the date..
void	setSeconds(secondsValue, msValue)	Sets the seconds of the date..
void	setTime(timeValue)	Sets the milliseconds of the date..
void	setUTCDate(dayValue)	Sets the UTC date..
void	setUTCFullYear(yearValue)	Sets the year in UTC time..
void	setUTCFullYear(yearValue, monthValue)	Sets the year in UTC time..
void	setUTCFullYear(yearValue, monthValue, dayValue)	Sets the year in UTC time..
void	setUTCHours(hoursValue)	Sets the hours in UTC time..
void	setUTCHours(hoursValue, minutesValue)	Sets the hours in UTC time..
void	setUTCHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue)	Sets the hours in UTC time..
void	setUTCHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)	Sets the hours in UTC time..
void	setUTCMilliseconds(millisecondsValue)	Sets the milliseconds in UTC time..
void	setUTCMinutes(minutesValue)	Sets the minutes in UTC time..
void	setUTCMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue)	Sets the minutes in UTC time..
void	setUTCMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)	Sets the minutes in UTC time..
void	setUTCMonth(monthValue)	Sets the month in UTC time..
void	setUTCMonth(monthValue, dayValue)	Sets the month in UTC time..
void	setUTCSeconds(secondsValue)	Sets the seconds in UTC time..
void	setUTCSeconds(secondsValue, msValue)	Sets the seconds in UTC time..
String	toDateString()	Returns a string version of the date..
String	toISOString()	Returns a string version of the UTC value of the date..
String	toLocaleDateString()	Returns a string version of the local time zone of the date..
String	toLocaleString()	Returns a string version of the local time zone of the date..
String	toLocaleTimeString()	Returns a string version of the local time zone of the date..
String	toTimeString()	Returns a string version of the date..
String	toUTCString()	Returns a string version of the UTC value of the date..
Number	valueOf()	Return integer milliseconds count.

Methods Details

UTC(year, month)

Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time.

Parameters Number year A year after 1900. Number month A number between 0 and 11.

Returns Number

Sample

// The number of milliseconds in the first minute after 1970 January 1st.
application.output(Date.UTC(1970, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00)); // prints: 60000.0

UTC(year, month, date)

Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time.

Parameters Number year A year after 1900. Number month A number between 0 and 11. Number date A number between 1 and 31.

Returns Number

Sample

// The number of milliseconds in the first minute after 1970 January 1st.
application.output(Date.UTC(1970, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00)); // prints: 60000.0

UTC(year, month, date, hrs)

Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time.

Parameters Number year A year after 1900. Number month A number between 0 and 11. Number date A number between 1 and 31. Number hrs A number between 0 and 23.

Returns Number

Sample

// The number of milliseconds in the first minute after 1970 January 1st.
application.output(Date.UTC(1970, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00)); // prints: 60000.0

UTC(year, month, date, hrs, min)

Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time.

Parameters Number year A year after 1900. Number month A number between 0 and 11. Number date A number between 1 and 31. Number hrs A number between 0 and 23. Number min A number between 0 and 59.

Returns Number

Sample

// The number of milliseconds in the first minute after 1970 January 1st.
application.output(Date.UTC(1970, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00)); // prints: 60000.0

UTC(year, month, date, hrs, min, sec)

Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time.

Parameters Number year A year after 1900. Number month A number between 0 and 11. Number date A number between 1 and 31. Number hrs A number between 0 and 23. Number min A number between 0 and 59. Number sec A number between 0 and 59.

Returns Number

Sample

// The number of milliseconds in the first minute after 1970 January 1st.
application.output(Date.UTC(1970, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00)); // prints: 60000.0

UTC(year, month, date, hrs, min, sec, ms)

Takes comma-delimited date parameters and returns the number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time and the specified time.

Parameters Number year A year after 1900. Number month A number between 0 and 11. Number date A number between 1 and 31. Number hrs A number between 0 and 23. Number min A number between 0 and 59. Number sec A number between 0 and 59. Number ms A number between 0 and 999.

Returns Number

Sample

// The number of milliseconds in the first minute after 1970 January 1st.
application.output(Date.UTC(1970, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00)); // prints: 60000.0

getDate()

Gets the day of month in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getDate();

getDay()

Gets the day of the week (sunday = 0) in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getDay();

getFullYear()

Gets the full year of the date in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getFullYear();

getHours()

Gets the hours of the date in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getHours();

getMilliseconds()

Gets the milliseconds of the date in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getMilliseconds();

getMinutes()

Gets the minutes of the date in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getMinutes();

getMonth()

Gets the month of the date in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getMonth();

getSeconds()

Gets the seconds of the date in local time

Returns Number

Sample

date.getSeconds();

getTime()

The value returned by the getTime method is the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getTime();

getTimezoneOffset()

Gets the number of minutes between GMT and this date.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getTimezoneOffset();

getUTCDate()

Gets the UTC date.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCDate();

getUTCDay()

Gets the day in UTC time.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCDay();

getUTCFullYear()

Gets the full year in UTC time.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCFullYear();

getUTCHours()

Gets the hours in UTC time.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCHours();

getUTCMilliseconds()

Gets the milliseconds in UTC time.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCMilliseconds();

getUTCMinutes()

Gets the minutes in UTC time.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCMinutes();

getUTCMonth()

Gets the month in UTC time.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCMonth();

getUTCSeconds()

Gets the seconds in UTC time.

Returns Number

Sample

date.getUTCSeconds();

now()

Returns the milliseconds elapsed since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC up until now.

Returns Number

Sample

var timestamp = Date.now();

parse(s)

Takes a date string (such as "Dec 25, 1995") and returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

Parameters String s The date string to parse

Returns Number

Sample

var str = Date.parse("Wed, 09 Aug 1995 00:00:00 GMT");
application.output(str);

setDate(dayValue)

Sets the date.

Parameters Number dayValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setDate(integer);

setFullYear(yearValue)

Sets the full year of the date.

Parameters Number yearValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setFullYear(integer);

setFullYear(yearValue, monthValue)

Sets the full year of the date.

Parameters Number yearValue ; Number monthValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setFullYear(integer);

setFullYear(yearValue, monthValue, dayValue)

Sets the full year of the date.

Parameters Number yearValue ; Number monthValue ; Number dayValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setFullYear(integer);

setHours(hoursValue)

Sets the hours of the date.

Parameters Number hoursValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setHours(integer);

setHours(hoursValue, minutesValue)

Sets the hours of the date.

Parameters Number hoursValue ; Number minutesValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setHours(integer);

setHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue)

Sets the hours of the date.

Parameters Number hoursValue ; Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setHours(integer);

setHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)

Sets the hours of the date.

Parameters Number hoursValue ; Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ; Number msValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setHours(integer);

setMilliseconds(millisecondsValue)

Sets the milliseconds of the date.

Parameters Number millisecondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setMilliseconds(integer);

setMinutes(minutesValue)

Sets the minutes of the date.

Parameters Number minutesValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setMinutes(integer);

setMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue)

Sets the minutes of the date.

Parameters Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setMinutes(integer);

setMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)

Sets the minutes of the date.

Parameters Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ; Number msValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setMinutes(integer);

setMonth(monthValue)

Sets the month of the date.

Parameters Number monthValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setMonth(integr);

setMonth(monthValue, dayValue)

Sets the month of the date.

Parameters Number monthValue ; Number dayValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setMonth(integr);

setSeconds(secondsValue)

Sets the seconds of the date.

Parameters Number secondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setSeconds(integer);

setSeconds(secondsValue, msValue)

Sets the seconds of the date.

Parameters Number secondsValue ; Number msValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setSeconds(integer);

setTime(timeValue)

Sets the milliseconds of the date.

Parameters Number timeValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setTime(integer);

setUTCDate(dayValue)

Sets the UTC date.

Parameters Number dayValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCDate(integer);

setUTCFullYear(yearValue)

Sets the year in UTC time.

Parameters Number yearValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCFullYear(integer);

setUTCFullYear(yearValue, monthValue)

Sets the year in UTC time.

Parameters Number yearValue ; Number monthValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCFullYear(integer);

setUTCFullYear(yearValue, monthValue, dayValue)

Sets the year in UTC time.

Parameters Number yearValue ; Number monthValue ; Number dayValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCFullYear(integer);

setUTCHours(hoursValue)

Sets the hours in UTC time.

Parameters Number hoursValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCHours(integer);

setUTCHours(hoursValue, minutesValue)

Sets the hours in UTC time.

Parameters Number hoursValue ; Number minutesValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCHours(integer);

setUTCHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue)

Sets the hours in UTC time.

Parameters Number hoursValue ; Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCHours(integer);

setUTCHours(hoursValue, minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)

Sets the hours in UTC time.

Parameters Number hoursValue ; Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ; Number msValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCHours(integer);

setUTCMilliseconds(millisecondsValue)

Sets the milliseconds in UTC time.

Parameters Number millisecondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCMilliseconds(integer);

setUTCMinutes(minutesValue)

Sets the minutes in UTC time.

Parameters Number minutesValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCMinutes(integer);

setUTCMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue)

Sets the minutes in UTC time.

Parameters Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCMinutes(integer);

setUTCMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)

Sets the minutes in UTC time.

Parameters Number minutesValue ; Number secondsValue ; Number msValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCMinutes(integer);

setUTCMonth(monthValue)

Sets the month in UTC time.

Parameters Number monthValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCMonth(integer);

setUTCMonth(monthValue, dayValue)

Sets the month in UTC time.

Parameters Number monthValue ; Number dayValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCMonth(integer);

setUTCSeconds(secondsValue)

Sets the seconds in UTC time.

Parameters Number secondsValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCSeconds(integer);

setUTCSeconds(secondsValue, msValue)

Sets the seconds in UTC time.

Parameters Number secondsValue ; Number msValue ;

Returns void

Sample

date.setUTCSeconds(integer);

toDateString()

Returns a string version of the date.

Returns String

Sample

date.toDateString();

toISOString()

Returns a string version of the UTC value of the date.

Returns String the Date object as a string in simplified extended ISO format.

Sample

date.toISOString();

toLocaleDateString()

Returns a string version of the local time zone of the date.

Returns String

Sample

date.toLocaleDateString();

toLocaleString()

Returns a string version of the local time zone of the date.

Returns String

Sample

date.toLocaleString();

toLocaleTimeString()

Returns a string version of the local time zone of the date.

Returns String

Sample

date.toLocaleTimeString();

toTimeString()

Returns a string version of the date.

Returns String

Sample

date.toTimeString();

toUTCString()

Returns a string version of the UTC value of the date.

Returns String

Sample

date.toUTCString();

valueOf()

Return integer milliseconds count

Returns Number

Sample

date.valueOf(integer);