Wednesday, 5 January 2022

JavaScript Get Date Methods


The getMinutes() Method

The getMinutes() method returns the minutes of a date as a number (0-59):

Example

const d = new Date();
d.getMinutes();

The getSeconds() Method

The getSeconds() method returns the seconds of a date as a number (0-59):

Example

const d = new Date();
d.getSeconds();

The getMilliseconds() Method

The getMilliseconds() method returns the milliseconds of a date as a number (0-999):

Example

const d = new Date();
d.getMilliseconds();

The getDay() Method

The getDay() method returns the weekday of a date as a number (0-6):

Example

const d = new Date();
d.getDay();

In JavaScript, the first day of the week (0) means "Sunday", even if some countries in the world consider the first day of the week to be "Monday"

You can use an array of names, and getDay() to return the weekday as a name:

Example

const days = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];

const d = new Date();
let day = days[d.getDay()];

UTC Date Methods

UTC date methods are used for working with UTC dates (Universal Time Zone dates):

Method Description
getUTCDate() Same as getDate(), but returns the UTC date
getUTCDay() Same as getDay(), but returns the UTC day
getUTCFullYear() Same as getFullYear(), but returns the UTC year
getUTCHours() Same as getHours(), but returns the UTC hour
getUTCMilliseconds() Same as getMilliseconds(), but returns the UTC milliseconds
getUTCMinutes() Same as getMinutes(), but returns the UTC minutes
getUTCMonth() Same as getMonth(), but returns the UTC month
getUTCSeconds() Same as getSeconds(), but returns the UTC seconds

Complete JavaScript Date Reference

For a complete Date reference, go to:

Complete JavaScript Date Reference.

The reference contains descriptions and examples of all Date properties and methods.