Date Methods Reference: Get and Set Methods in JavaScript
Explore the complete reference of JavaScript Date object methods for getting and setting date values. Learn how to work with various aspects of dates, including retrieving and modifying day, month, year, hours, minutes, and seconds.
Date Methods Reference
The following table lists all the get and set methods of the Date object in JavaScript.
Get Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| getDate() | Returns numeric day (1 - 31) of the specified date. |
| getDay() | Returns the day of the week (0 - 6) for the specified date. |
| getFullYear() | Returns four digit year of the specified date. |
| getHours() | Returns the hour (0 - 23) in the specified date. |
| getMilliseconds() | Returns the milliseconds (0 - 999) in the specified date. |
| getMinutes() | Returns the minutes (0 - 59) in the specified date. |
| getMonth() | Returns the month (0 - 11) in the specified date. |
| getSeconds() | Returns the seconds (0 - 59) in the specified date. |
| getTime() | Returns the milliseconds as number since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. |
| getTimezoneOffset() | Returns the time zone offset in minutes for the current locale. |
| getUTCDate() | Returns the day (1 - 31) of the month of the specified date as per UTC time zone. |
| getUTCDay() | Returns the day (0 - 6) of the week of the specified date as per UTC timezone. |
| getUTCFullYear() | Returns the four digits year of the specified date as per UTC time zone. |
| getUTCHours() | Returns the hours (0 - 23) of the specified date as per UTC time zone. |
| getUTCMilliseconds() | Returns the milliseconds (0 - 999) of the specified date as per UTC time zone. |
| getUTCMinutes() | Returns the minutes (0 - 59) of the specified date as per UTC time zone. |
| getUTCMonth() | Returns the month (0 - 11) of the specified date as per UTC time zone. |
| getUTCSeconds() | Returns the seconds (0 - 59) of the specified date as per UTC time zone. |
| getYear() | Returns the number of years since 1990. This method is Deprecated. |
Set Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| setDate() | Sets the day as number in the date object. |
| setFullYear() | Sets the four digit full year as number in the date object. Optionally set month and date. |
| setHours() | Sets the hours as number in the date object. Optionally set minutes, seconds and milliseconds. |
| setMilliseconds() | Sets the milliseconds as number in the date object. |
| setMinutes() | Sets the minutes as number in the date object. Optionally set seconds & milliseconds. |
| setMonth() | Sets the month as number in the date object. Optionally set date. |
| setSeconds() | Sets the seconds as number in the date object. Optionally set milliseconds. |
| setTime() | Sets the time as number in the Date object since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. |
| setUTCDate() | Sets the day in the date object as per UTC time zone. |
| setUTCFullYear() | Sets the full year in the date object as per UTC time zone. |
| setUTCHours() | Sets the hour in the date object as per UTC time zone. |
| setUTCMilliseconds() | Sets the milliseconds in the date object as per UTC time zone. |
| setUTCMinutes() | Sets the minutes in the date object as per UTC time zone. |
| setUTCMonth() | Sets the month in the date object as per UTC time zone. |
| setUTCSeconds() | Sets the seconds in the date object as per UTC time zone. |
| setYear() | Sets the year in the date object. This method is Deprecated. |
| toDateString() | Returns the date segment from the specified date, excludes time. |
| toGMTString() | Returns a date string in GMT time zone. |
| toLocaleDateString() | Returns the date segment of the specified date using the current locale. |
| toLocaleFormat() | Returns a date string in default format. |
| toLocaleString() | Returns a date string using a current locale format. |
| toLocaleTimeString() | Returns the time segment of the specified Date as a string. |
| toString() | Returns a string for the specified Date object. |
| toTimeString() | Returns the time segment as a string from the specified date object. |
| toUTCString() | Returns a string as per UTC time zone. |
| valueOf() | Returns the primitive value of a Date object. |