Working with the Date object in JavaScript

Now we will start learning how to work with dates in JavaScript. To do this, we need the Date object, which can be used to manipulate dates in JavaScript.

Date object is created like this:

javascriptnew Date();

Let's write the created object to some variable, for example, to the variable date:

javascriptlet date = new Date();

After the operation, the variable date will be an object that stores the current moment of time (second, minute, hour, and so on).

Using this object and special methods, we can get the characteristics of time we need, for example, the current hour, current day or current month.

For example, the current hour can be obtained like this: date.getHours(), and the current month like this date.getMonth(). See all options:

javascriptlet date = new Date();

console.log(date.getFullYear()); // a year
console.log(date.getMonth());    // a month
console.log(date.getDate());     // a day

console.log(date.getHours());    // hours
console.log(date.getMinutes());  // minutes
console.log(date.getSeconds());  // seconds