JavaScript | Date.prototype property

The Date.prototype property represents the prototype for the Date constructor.
It has the following methods-

• getDate(): This method will return the day of the month for the specified date according to the local time.
• getDay(): This method will return the day of the week (0 for Sunday and 6 for Saturday) for the specified date according to the local time.
• getFullYear(): It returns the year for the specified date according to local time.
• getHours(): It returns the hour(0-23) for the specified date according to local time.
• getMilliseconds: It returns the milliseconds (0-999) for the specified date according to local time.
• getMinutes(): It returns the minutes (0-59) for the specified date according to local time.
• getMonth(): It returns the month (0-11) for the specified date according to local time.
• getSeconds(): It returns the seconds(0-59) for the specified date according to local time.
• getTime(): It returns the number of milliseconds ellapsed since January 01, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. It is negative for time before the given time.
• getTimeozneOffset(): It returns the timezone offset in minutes for current location.
• getUTCDate(): It returns the date of the month (1-31) for the specified date according to universal time.
• getUTCDay(): It returns the day of the week (0-6) for the specified date according to universal time.
• getUTCFullYear(): It returns the year for the specified date according to universal time.
• getUTCHours(): It returns the hours (0-23) for the specified date according to universal time.
• getUTCMilliseconds(): It returns the milliseconds(0-999) for the specified date according to universal time.
• getUTCMinutes(): It returns the minutes (0-59) for the specified date according to universal time.
• getUTCMonth(): It returns the month (0-11) for the specified date according to universal time.
• getUTCSeconds(): It returns the seconds (0-59) for the specified date according to universal time.

JavaScript Code to show the working of above methods:

Output:

21
4
2018
16
0
44
5
1529579663000
23
-330
21
4
2018
11
0
14
5
23

It also has some other methods which can be used to convert the date to different formats:

• toDateString(): Returns the “date” portion of the Date as a human-readable string.
• toGMTString(): Returns a string representing the Date based on the GMT (UT) time zone.
• toLocaleFormat(): Converts a date to a string, using a format string.
• toLocalestring(): Returns a string with a locality sensitive representation of this date.
• toString(): Returns a string representing the specified Date object.
• toTimeString(): Returns the “time” portion of the Date as a human-readable string.
• valueOf(): Returns the primitive value of a Date object.

For getting more details about all above individual functions click here.

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript Date.prototype property( are listed below:

• Google Chrome
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

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