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Date

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In plain terms

Date represents a point in time. Create with new Date(). Get/set methods for year, month, day, hours, etc. Months are 0-indexed. Use for timestamps and formatting dates.

What you need to know

  • •new Date()
  • •Months 0-11
  • •Milliseconds since epoch

Try it yourself

Copy the code below and run it in your browser console or a code editor:

const now = new Date();
const specific = new Date(2025, 0, 15);  // Jan 15, 2025
const fromStamp = new Date(1609459200000);

now.getFullYear();  // 2025
now.getMonth();     // 0-11!
now.getDate();
now.getHours();
now.toISOString();  // "2025-02-12T..."
now.getTime();      // milliseconds since epoch

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