JavaScript

JavaScript provides several methods to extract date and time parts from a Date object. These are called “get” methods because they get information like the year, month, day, hours, and more.

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✅ Create a Date Object

Before using get methods, you need a Date object:

const now = new Date();

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📋 List of Get Methods

Method	Description
getFullYear()	Gets the full year (e.g. 2025)
getMonth()	Gets the month (0–11)
getDate()	Gets the day of the month (1–31)
getDay()	Gets the day of the week (0–6, 0 = Sunday)
getHours()	Gets the hour (0–23)
getMinutes()	Gets the minutes (0–59)
getSeconds()	Gets the seconds (0–59)
getMilliseconds()	Gets the milliseconds (0–999)
getTime()	Gets time in milliseconds since 1970
getTimezoneOffset()	Gets the difference from UTC in minutes

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🔍 Examples

const now = new Date();

console.log(now.getFullYear());     // 2025
console.log(now.getMonth());        // 3 (April, since January = 0)
console.log(now.getDate());         // 8
console.log(now.getDay());          // 2 (Tuesday)
console.log(now.getHours());        // e.g., 14
console.log(now.getMinutes());      // e.g., 30
console.log(now.getSeconds());      // e.g., 15
console.log(now.getMilliseconds()); // e.g., 123
console.log(now.getTime());         // e.g., 1744103456789 (timestamp)
console.log(now.getTimezoneOffset()); // e.g., -330 (for IST)

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🧠 Notes

• getMonth() returns 0 for January and 11 for December.
• getDay() returns 0 for Sunday and 6 for Saturday.
• getTime() returns milliseconds since January 1, 1970 (UTC).
• getTimezoneOffset() returns minutes behind UTC (useful for handling time zones).

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🧪 Example Use Case

function getFormattedDate() {
  const d = new Date();
  const day = d.getDate();
  const month = d.getMonth() + 1; // Add 1 because months are 0-based
  const year = d.getFullYear();
  
  return `${day}/${month}/${year}`;
}

console.log(getFormattedDate()); // e.g., 8/4/2025

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📌 Summary

Use these get methods to:

• Display human-readable date and time.
• Build custom date formats.
• Work with real-time applications like clocks and calendars.

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