Object-Oriented JavaScript

Date

The Date constructor can be used with several types of input:

• You can pass values for year, month, date of the month, hour, minute, second and millisecond, like so:

  >>> new Date(2011, 0, 1, 13, 30, 35, 500)

  Sat Jan 01 2011 13:30:35 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

• You can skip any of the input parameters, in which case they are assumed to be 0. Note that month values are from 0 (January) to 11 (December), hours are from 0 to 23, minutes and seconds 0 to 59, and milliseconds 0 to 999.
• You can pass a timestamp:

  >>> new Date(1293917435500)

  Sat Jan 01 2011 13:30:35 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

• If you don't pass anything, the current date/time is assumed:

  >>> new Date()

  Fri Apr 18 2008 01:13:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

• If you pass a string, ...