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JavaScript Date Set Methods

In this tutorial, you will learn about JavaScript date set methods are used to set the date and time according to you. In our previous, we have seen all about JavaScript date object with the help of the example. Here we will cover all the JavaScript date set methods.

JavaScript Date Set Methods

JavaScript set methods are used to set the date and time ( years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds) for a date object.

There are lot of JavaScript set methods available which are provide a facility to set the value in date object.

All the JavaScript date set methods available below.

MethodDescription
setFullYear()Set the year as four-digit
setMonth()Set the month as a number ( 0-11 )
setDate()Set the day as a number ( 1-31 )
setDay()Set the weekday as a number ( 0-6 )
setSeconds()Set the seconds as number ( 0-59 )
setMilliseconds()Set the milliseconds as number ( 0-999 )
setMinutes()Set the minutes as number ( 0-59 )
setHoures()Set the houres as number ( 0-23)

The setFullYear() Method

The setFullYear() method is used to set the year for date object.

Example:


var d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(2020);
console.log(d);

The setFullYear() method can take optionally month and day.

Example:


var d = new Date();
d.setFullYear(2020, 11, 5)
console.log(d);

The setMonth() Method

The setMonth() is used to set the month for date object.

Example:


var d = new Date();
d.setMonth(10)
console(d);

The setDate() Method

The setDate() is used to set the day for the date object as number (1-31).

Example:


var date = new Date();
date.setDate(13);
console.log(d);

The setDay() Method

The setDay() is used to set weekday for the date object as number (0-6).

Example:


var date = new Date();
date.setDay(5);
console.log(date);

The setSeconds() Method

The setSeconds() is used to set the seconds for the date object.

Example:


var d = new Date();
d.setSeconds(50);
console.log(d);

The setMinutes() Method

The setMinutes() is return the minutes for the date object.

Example:


var d = new Date();
d.setMinutes(30);
console.log(d);

The setHoures() Method

The setHoures() method is used to set the hours for the date object.

Example:


var d = new Date();
d.setHoures(10);
console.log(d);

The setMilliseconds() Method

The setMilliseconds() is used to set the milliseconds for the date object.

Example:


var d = new Date();
d.setMilliseconds(120);
console.log(d);

Note:- JavaScript counts months from 0 to 11. January is 0. December is 11.

Conclusion

So, In this article, we have demonstrated all the JavaScript date set methods to set the date and time.
These all methods are very helpful When you are going to set custom date and time in your JavaScript project or code.

In the previous tutorial, we have seen all about JavaScript date get methods to get the information from the JavaScript date object. If this will have the help you, please share it.

JavaScript Date Get Methods
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