JavaScript Date prototype Property

The date.prototype property represents the prototype for the Date constructor. The prototype allows adding new properties, and methods.

Below are examples of Date prototype Property. 

Example:

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var birthday = new Date('June 21, 2018 16:44:23');
var date1 = birthday.getDate();
var day1 = birthday.getDay();
var year1 = birthday.getFullYear();
var hour1 = birthday.getHours();
var ms1 = birthday.getMilliseconds();
var m1 = birthday.getMinutes();
var mth1 = birthday.getMonth();
var time1 = birthday.getTime();
var s1 = birthday.getSeconds();
var offset = birthday.getTimezoneOffset();
var date2 = birthday.getUTCDate();
var day2 = birthday.getUTCDay();
var year2 = birthday.getUTCFullYear();
var hour2 = birthday.getUTCHours();
var ms2 = birthday.getUTCMilliseconds();
var um1 = birthday.getUTCMinutes();
var umth = birthday.getUTCMonth();
var us = birthday.getUTCSeconds();

console.log(date1);
console.log(day1);
console.log(year1);
console.log(hour1);
console.log(ms1);
console.log(m1);
console.log(mth1);
console.log(time1);
console.log(s1);
console.log(offset);
console.log(date2);
console.log(day2);
console.log(year2);
console.log(hour2);
console.log(ms2);
console.log(um1);
console.log(umth);
console.log(us);

Output:

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

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 elapsed since January 01, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. It is negative for time 
  before the given time. 
• getTimezoneOffset(): 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. 

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.

We have a complete list of Javascript Date Objects, to check those please go through this Javascript Date Object Complete reference article.

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript Date prototype Property are listed below:

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

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