Javascript Date

Revision as of 12:28, 9 September 2024

Date class in Yate's Javascript implementation.

Constructor

• new Date()
• new Date(value)
• new Date(str)
• new Date(year, month [, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond])

Where:

• value - Integer value representing the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC (Unix Epoch).
• str - String describing the date. See format below. Handled as Unix Epoch time.
• year - Integer value representing the year. Values from 0 to 99 map to the years 1900 to 1999.
• month - Integer value representing the month, beginning with 0 for January to 11 for December.
• day - Integer value representing the day of the month.
• hour - Integer value representing the hour of the day.
• minute - Integer value representing the minute segment of a time.
• second - Integer value representing the second segment of a time.
• millisecond - Integer value representing the millisecond segment of a time.

If no arguments are provided, the constructor creates a JavaScript Date object for the current date and time according to system settings.

String format:

yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss[.SEC-FRAC]Z
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss[.SEC-FRAC]{+/-}hh:mm

Notes:
T and Z are case insensitive (t and z are may be given).
SEC-FRAC: Optional second fractions (milliseconds).
The second format indicates a timezone (hours:minutes) offset. Held time will be increased or decreased with given timezone offset value.

Examples:

 new Date("2010-01-01T00:10:01Z");
 new Date("2010-01-01T00:10:01.500Z");
 new Date("2010-01-01T00:10:01+00:03");
 new Date("2010-01-01T00:10:01.500+00:03");
 new Date("2010-01-01T00:10:01.500-00:03");

The following lead to constructor failure (return null):

 new Date("1010-01-01T00:10:01Z"); // Date before Unix Epoch
 new Date("1970-01-01T00:10:01-23:00"); // Date before Unix Epoch after applying timezone offset

Static methods

• Date.now()

Static method Date.now() returns Integer value representing the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC (Unix Epoch)

Methods

• getDate

Returns the day of the month (1-31) for the specified date according to local time.

• getDay

Returns the day of the week (0-6) for the specified date according to local time.

• getFullYear

Returns the year (4 digits for 4-digit years) of the specified date according to local time.

• getHours

Returns the hour (0-23) in the specified date according to local time.

• getMilliseconds

Returns the milliseconds (0-999) in the specified date according to local time.

• getMinutes

Returns the minutes (0-59) in the specified date according to local time.

• getMonth

Returns the month (0-11) in the specified date according to local time.

• getSeconds

Returns the seconds (0-59) in the specified date according to local time.

• getTime

Returns the numeric value of the specified date as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC (negative for prior times).

• getTimezoneOffset

Returns the time-zone offset in minutes for the current locale.

• getUTCDate

Returns the day (date) of the month (1-31) in the specified date according to universal time.

• getUTCDay

Returns the day of the week (0-6) in the specified date according to universal time.

• getUTCFullYear

Returns the year (4 digits for 4-digit years) in the specified date according to universal time.

• getUTCHours

Returns the hours (0-23) in the specified date according to universal time.

• getUTCMilliseconds

Returns the milliseconds (0-999) in the specified date according to universal time.

• getUTCMinutes

Returns the minutes (0-59) in the specified date according to universal time.

• getUTCMonth

Returns the month (0-11) in the specified date according to universal time.

• getUTCSeconds

Returns the seconds (0-59) in the specified date according to universal time.

• toJSON()

Returns formatted string with date description.

Example:

var d = new Date(1262304601900);
var s = d.toJSON();
// s contents: 2010-01-01T00:10:01.900Z