The JavaScript Date setDate() Method is used to set the date of a month into a date object which is created using the date() constructor.
Syntax:
dateObj.setDate(date_Value);
Parameter: This method accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:
- date_Value: It returns the new i.e updated date of the month which is set by the setDate() method. The date of the month is an integer value ranging from 1 to 31.
Return value: This method return the number of milliseconds between the date object and midnight of January 1, 1970
Note: DateObj is a valid Date object created using Date() constructor in which we want to set the date of a month.
Below is an example of the Date setDate() method.
Example 1:
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// Here a date has been assigned// while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32');// new date 15 of the month is being set// in above Date Object with the help of// setDate() methoddateobj.setDate(15);// new date of the month from above Date// Object is being extracted using getDate()let B = dateobj.getDate();// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B); |
Output:
15
More codes for the above method are as follows:
Example 2: Here as we know the date of the month, lies between 1 to 31 but if we suppose to set the date as 33, it will set date 2 for the next month because, and this date 2 becomes the date for the next of the previous month. In the below output, 2 is the date of November month and 10 is the month of November because the month name starts from 0 to 11 i.e, 0 for January and 11 for December.
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// Here a date has been assigned// while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32');// New date 33 of the month is being set// in above Date Object with the help of// setDate() methoddateobj.setDate(33);// new date of the month from above Date// Object is being extracted using getDate()let B = dateobj.getDate();// new month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getMonth()let C = dateobj.getMonth();// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B);// Printing new monthconsole.log(C); |
Output:
2 10
Example 3: If in the Date() constructor we do not give any date of the month, still setDate() method set a new date which is given as its parameter.
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// Here date has not been assigned// while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date('October, 1996 05:35:32');// New date 12 of the month is being set// in above Date Object with the help of// setDate() methoddateobj.setDate(12);// new date of the month from above Date// Object is being extracted using getDate()let B = dateobj.getDate();// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B); |
Output:
12
Example 4: If nothing as a parameter is given in the Date() constructor, still the setDate() method sets the date but the month becomes the current month.
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// Here a date has been assigned// while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date();// New date 13 of the month is being set// in above Date Object with the help of// setDate() methoddateobj.setDate(13);// Date of the month from above Date Object// is being extracted using getDate()let B = dateobj.getDate();// Month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getMonth()let C = dateobj.getMonth();// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B);// Printing new monthconsole.log(C); |
Output:
13 10 //current month
Example 5: If the new date of the month is set to zero (0), the new date will be set to the last day of the previous month.
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// Here a date has been assigned// while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32');// new date 0 of the month is being set// in above Date Object with the help of// setDate() methoddateobj.setDate(0);// Date of the month from above Date Object// is being extracted using getDate()let B = dateobj.getDate();// Month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getMonth()let C = dateobj.getMonth();// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B);// Printing new monthconsole.log(C); |
Output:
30 8
We have a complete list of Javascript Date Objects, to check those please go through this Javascript Date Object Complete reference article.
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the JavaScript Date setDate() method are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.
