Javascript current time and date

Use new Date() to generate a new Date object containing the current date and time.

Note that Date() called without arguments is equivalent to new Date(Date.now()).

Once you have a date object, you can apply any of the several available methods to extract its properties (e.g. getFullYear() to get the 4-digits year).

Below are some common date methods.

Get the current year

var year = (new Date()).getFullYear();
console.log(year)

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Get the current month

var month = (new Date()).getMonth();
console.log(month);

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Please note that 0 = January, 1= February. This is because months range from 0 to 11, so it is often desirable to add +1 to the index.

Get the current day

var day = (new Date()).getDate();
console.log(day);

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Get the current hour

var hours = (new Date()).getHours();
console.log(hours);

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Get the current minutes

var minutes = (new Date()).getMinutes();
console.log(minutes);

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Get the current seconds

var seconds = (new Date()).getSeconds();
console.log(seconds);

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Get the current milliseconds

To get the milliseconds (ranging from 0 to 999) of an instance of a Date object, use its getMilliseconds method.

var milliseconds = (new Date()).getMilliseconds();
console.log(milliseconds);

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Convert the current time and date to a human-readable string

var now = new Date();
console.log(now.toUTCString());

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The static method Date.now() returns the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC. To get the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since that time using an instance of a Date object, use its getTime method.

console.log(Date.now());
console.log((new Date()).getTime());

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