Date - Overview

The Date object is used to represent a given date and time in a script. You must create a new Date object in the script before you can use the Date functions. There are four methods of assigning a new instance of a date

Method 1

In this instance myDate will be set to the current date and time on your PC, for example, " Wed 21 November 2001 13:20:10". This is the most commonly used method.

var myDate = new Date()

Method 2

In this instance myDate will be set to "31 January 2000 00:20:00", which is the number of milliseconds that have passed since Midnight 1/1/1970.

var myDate = new Date(949278000000)

Method 3

In this instance, the date and time is entered as a string. You may enter just the date if the time is not required.

var myDate = new Date("Wed 21 November 2001, 13:20:10")

Method 4

In this instance, the date and time is entered as individual values in the following order: Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute. Each of the values can either be a number or a variable containing a number. In this example, the date is 31 Dec 2001 08:00:00 (

The month January is entered as the number 0 and the month December is 11.

var mydate = new Date(2001,11,31,8,0)

Get and Set Date functions

Once you have created a new Date object in your script, you can use Get actions to retrieve the current date set in the Date object

var date = myDate.getDate()

Alternatively, once you have created a new Date object in your script, you can use the Set actions to place a new date in the Date object

var setDate = myDate.setDate(10)

Date - Syntax information

Hierarchy:

Only the specific functions listed under the Functions: heading below can be used with Date objects: