JavaScript – Date Object

Date object: It is providing methods to display system date and time.

<html>
	<body>
		<script>
			var d = new Date();
			document.write("Date : " + d);
		</script>
	</body>
</html>

Formatting Date: Date object providing methods to get values of month, week, day, hour etc..

<html>
	<body>
		<script>
			var date = new Date();
			var day = date.getDate();
			var month = date.getMonth()+1;
			var year = date.getFullYear();
			document.write(day + "/" + month + "/"+year);
		</script>
	</body>
</html>

Note: we need to concatenate if the value is single digit

<html>
	<body>
		<script>
			var date = new Date();
			var day = date.getDate();
			if(day<10){
				day = "0"+day;
			}
			var month = date.getMonth()+1;
			if(month<10){
				month = "0"+month;
			}
			var year = date.getFullYear();
			document.write(day + "/" + month + "/"+year);
		</script>
	</body>
</html>

Program to display Date and Time:

<html>
	<body>
		<script>
			var date = new Date();
			
			var day = date.getDate();
			var month = date.getMonth()+1;
			var year = date.getFullYear();
			document.write("Date : " + day + "/" + month + "/"+year);

			var h = date.getHours();
			var m = date.getMinutes();
			var s = date.getSeconds();
			document.write("<br/>");
			document.write("Time : " + h + "-" + m + "-" + s); 
		</script>
	</body>
</html>
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