JavaScript Date prototype Property

The date.prototype property represents the prototype for the Date constructor. The prototype allows adding new properties, and methods.

Below are examples of Date prototype Property. 

Example:  

Output: 

21
4
2018
16
0
44
5
1529579663000
23
-330
21
4
2018
11
0
14
5
23

It has the following methods:

• getDate():This method will return the day of the month for the specified date according to the local time. 
• getDay():This method will return the day of the week (0 for Sunday and 6 for Saturday) for the specified date according to the local time.
• getFullYear(): It returns the year for the specified date according to local time. 
• getHours(): It returns the hour(0-23) for the specified date according to local time. 
• getMilliseconds: It returns the milliseconds (0-999) for the specified date according to local time. 
• getMinutes(): It returns the minutes (0-59) for the specified date according to local time.  
• getMonth(): It returns the month (0-11) for the specified date according to local time. 
• getSeconds(): It returns the seconds(0-59) for the specified date according to local time.  
• getTime(): It returns the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 01, 1970 00:00:00 UTC. It is negative for time 
  before the given time. 
• getTimezoneOffset(): It returns the timezone offset in minutes for current location. 
• getUTCDate(): It returns the date of the month (1-31) for the specified date according to universal time.  
• getUTCDay(): It returns the day of the week (0-6) for the specified date according to universal time.  
• getUTCFullYear(): It returns the year for the specified date according to universal time.  
• getUTCHours(): It returns the hours (0-23) for the specified date according to universal time. 
• getUTCMilliseconds(): It returns the milliseconds(0-999) for the specified date according to universal time.  
• getUTCMinutes(): It returns the minutes (0-59) for the specified date according to universal time. 
• getUTCMonth(): It returns the month (0-11) for the specified date according to universal time. 
• getUTCSeconds(): It returns the seconds (0-59) for the specified date according to universal time. 

It also has some other methods which can be used to convert the date to different formats: 

• toDateString(): Returns the “date” portion of the Date as a human-readable string.
• toGMTString(): Returns a string representing the Date based on the GMT (UT) time zone.
• toLocaleFormat(): Converts a date to a string, using a format string.
• toLocalestring(): Returns a string with a locality-sensitive representation of this date.
• toString(): Returns a string representing the specified Date object.
• toTimeString(): Returns the “time” portion of the Date as a human-readable string.
• valueOf(): Returns the primitive value of a Date object.

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 JavaScript Date prototype Property are listed below:

• Google Chrome
• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

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