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Date Example

Description: Illustrates the JavaScript syntax for the Date example.
Syntax: var myCurrentDate = new Date(); – Demonstrates creating a Date object and various ways to instantiate, manipulate, and retrieve.
Date Example Code:

< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Boolean</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" >
        //*****************************************************
        // Four ways instantiate a Date object
        //*****************************************************
 
        //  Note: Most of the parameters are optional and if you
        // omit them, a 0 is returned in its place. Months start 
        // with Jan = 0; Feb = 1; etc       
        //*****************************************************
 
        //1. new Date() // current date and time
        var myCurrentDate = new Date();  // current date and time
        document.write("myCurrentDate = " + myCurrentDate);
        document.write("<br />");
 
        //2. new Date(milliseconds) //milliseconds since 1970/01/01
        var myMillisecondsDate = new Date(50000000);  //milliseconds since 1970/01/01
        document.write("myMillisecondsDate = " + myMillisecondsDate);
        document.write("<br />");
 
        //3. new Date(dateString)
        var myDateString = new Date("Jan 1, 2010");
        document.write("myDateString = " + myDateString);
        document.write("<br />");
 
        //4. new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)
        var myDateParts = new Date(2010, 1, 15, 13, 59, 48, 37);
        document.write("myDateParts = " + myDateParts);
        document.write("<br />");
 
        //*****************************************************
        // SetDate method allows you to set a date or add or subtract to a date
        //*****************************************************
 
 
 
        var mySetDate = new Date();
        mySetDate.setFullYear(2010, 0, 14);
        document.write("mySetDate = " + mySetDate);
        document.write("<br />");
 
        var myGetDate10 = new Date();
        myGetDate10.setDate(myGetDate10.getDate() + 10);
        document.write("myGetDate10 = " + myGetDate10);
        document.write("<br />");
 
        //*****************************************************
        // How to format the date to locale area
        //*****************************************************
 
        var myDate = new Date();
        document.write(myDate.toLocaleDateString());
        document.write("<br />");
 
        //*****************************************************
        // Date Object Methods
        //*****************************************************
 
 
//Method 	    Description
//getDate() 	Returns the day of the month (from 1-31)
//getDay() 	    Returns the day of the week (from 0-6)
//getFullYear() Returns the year (four digits)
//getHours() 	Returns the hour (from 0-23)
//getMilliseconds() Returns the milliseconds (from 0-999)
//getMinutes() 	Returns the minutes (from 0-59)
//getMonth() 	Returns the month (from 0-11)
//getSeconds() 	Returns the seconds (from 0-59)
//getTime() 	Returns the number of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970
//getTimezoneOffset() 	Returns the time difference between GMT and local time, in minutes
//getUTCDate() 	Returns the day of the month, according to universal time (from 1-31)
//getUTCDay() 	Returns the day of the week, according to universal time (from 0-6)
//getUTCFullYear() 	Returns the year, according to universal time (four digits)
//getUTCHours() 	Returns the hour, according to universal time (from 0-23)
//getUTCMilliseconds() 	Returns the milliseconds, according to universal time (from 0-999)
//getUTCMinutes() 	Returns the minutes, according to universal time (from 0-59)
//getUTCMonth() 	Returns the month, according to universal time (from 0-11)
//getUTCSeconds() 	Returns the seconds, according to universal time (from 0-59)
//getYear() 	Deprecated. Use the getFullYear() method instead
//parse() 	Parses a date string and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970
//setDate() 	Sets the day of the month (from 1-31)
//setFullYear() 	Sets the year (four digits)
//setHours() 	Sets the hour (from 0-23)
//setMilliseconds() 	Sets the milliseconds (from 0-999)
//setMinutes() 	Set the minutes (from 0-59)
//setMonth() 	Sets the month (from 0-11)
//setSeconds() 	Sets the seconds (from 0-59)
//setTime() 	Sets a date and time by adding or subtracting a specified number of milliseconds to/from midnight January 1, 1970
//setUTCDate() 	Sets the day of the month, according to universal time (from 1-31)
//setUTCFullYear() 	Sets the year, according to universal time (four digits)
//setUTCHours() 	Sets the hour, according to universal time (from 0-23)
//setUTCMilliseconds() 	Sets the milliseconds, according to universal time (from 0-999)
//setUTCMinutes() 	Set the minutes, according to universal time (from 0-59)
//setUTCMonth() 	Sets the month, according to universal time (from 0-11)
//setUTCSeconds() 	Set the seconds, according to universal time (from 0-59)
//setYear() 	Deprecated. Use the setFullYear() method instead
//toDateString() 	Converts the date portion of a Date object into a readable string
//toGMTString() 	Deprecated. Use the toUTCString() method instead
//toLocaleDateString() 	Returns the date portion of a Date object as a string, using locale conventions
//toLocaleTimeString() 	Returns the time portion of a Date object as a string, using locale conventions
//toLocaleString() 	Converts a Date object to a string, using locale conventions
//toString() 	Converts a Date object to a string
//toTimeString() 	Converts the time portion of a Date object to a string
//toUTCString() 	Converts a Date object to a string, according to universal time
//UTC() 	Returns the number of milliseconds in a date string since midnight of January 1, 1970, according to universal time
//valueOf() 	Returns the primitive value of a Date object
 
 
 
        //*****************************************************
        // How to Compare a date
        //*****************************************************
 
        var myDate = new Date();
        myDate.setFullYear(2010, 06, 14);
        var today = new Date();
 
        if (myDate > today) {
            alert("Today is before 14th July 2010");
        }
        else {
            alert("Today is after 14th July 2010");
        }
 
 
    </script>
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