The Javascript Date object lets you work with dates (years, months,
days, hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds)
Simply for displaying dates its like below:
<script>
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = Date();
</script>
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = Date();
</script>
The important methods of date object are as follows:
Method | Description |
---|---|
getFullYear() | returns the year in 4 digit e.g. 2015. It is a new method and suggested than getYear() which is now deprecated. |
getMonth() | returns the month in 2 digit from 1 to 31. |
getDate() | returns the date in 1 or 2 digit from 1 to 31. |
getDay() | returns the day of week in 1 digit from 0 to 6. |
getHours() | returns all the elements having the given name value. |
getMinutes() | returns all the elements having the given class name. |
getSeconds() | returns all the elements having the given class name. |
getMilliseconds() | returns all the elements having the given tag name. |
Current date example:
<script> var today=new Date();
document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=today;
</script>
Current Time example:
<script> var today=new Date();
var h=today.getHours();
var m=today.getMinutes();
var s=today.getSeconds();
document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=h+":"+m+":"+s;
</script>