getFullYear()
Use getFullYear() to get the year.
Source code:
</script> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> ​ <p id="demo">Click the button to display the full year of todays date.</p> ​ <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> ​ <script> function myFunction() { var d = new Date(); var x = document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=d.getFullYear(); } </script> ​ </body> </html>
Test results:
2015
getTime()
getTime() returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970.
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> ​ <p id="demo">Click the button to display the number of milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970.</p> ​ <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> ​ <script> function myFunction() { var d = new Date(); var x = document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=d.getTime(); } </script> ​ </body> </html>
Test results:
1445669203860
setFullYear()
How to use setFullYear() to set a specific date.
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> ​ <p id="demo">Click the button to display a date after changing the year, month, and day.</p> ​ <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> ​ <script> function myFunction() { var d = new Date(); d.setFullYear(2020,10,3); var x = document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=d; } </script> ​ <p>Remember that JavaScript counts months from 0 to 11. Month 10 is November.</p> </body> </html>
Test results:
Tue Nov 03 2020 14:47:46 GMT+0800 (中国标准时间)
toUTCString()
How to use toUTCString() to convert today's date (according to UTC) to a string.
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> ​ <p id="demo">Click the button to display the UTC date and time as a string.</p> ​ <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> ​ <script> function myFunction() { var d = new Date(); var x = document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=d.toUTCString(); } </script> ​ </body> </html>
Test results:
Sat, 24 Oct 2015 06:49:05 GMT
getDay()
How to use getDay() and an array to display the day of the week, not just the number.
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> ​ <p id="demo">Click the button to display todays day of the week.</p> ​ <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> ​ <script> function myFunction() { var d = new Date(); var weekday=new Array(7); weekday[0]="Sunday"; weekday[1]="Monday"; weekday[2]="Tuesday"; weekday[3]="Wednesday"; weekday[4]="Thursday"; weekday[5]="Friday"; weekday[6]="Saturday"; ​ var x = document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=weekday[d.getDay()]; } </script> ​ </body> </html>
Test results:
Saturday
Display a clock
How to display a clock on a web page.
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script> function startTime() { var today=new Date(); var h=today.getHours(); var m=today.getMinutes(); var s=today.getSeconds(); // add a zero in front of numbers<10 m=checkTime(m); s=checkTime(s); document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=h+":"+m+":"+s; t=setTimeout(function(){startTime()},500); } ​ function checkTime(i) { if (i<10) { i="0" + i; } return i; } </script> </head> ​ <body onload="startTime()"> <div id="txt"></div> </body> </html>