JavaScript setDate() Method: Date Object

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:37 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Description

The setDate() method is used to set the day of the month for a given date according to local time.

Version

Implemented in JavaScript 1.0

Syntax

setDate(dayValue)

Parameter

dayValue : An integer from 1 to 31, representing the day of the month.

Example:

In the following web document setDate() method sets the day of the month to 23 of a given date.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>JavaScript date object - setDate() method example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript date object : setDate() method</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
user_date = new Date("August 12, 1992 21:20:00")
document.write("Before Date Change : "+user_date+"<BR />")
user_date.setDate(23)
document.write("After changing Aug. 12 to Aug. 23  : "+user_date+"<BR />")
//]]>
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Supported Browser

Internet Explorer 7	Firefox 3.6	Google Chrome 7	Safari 5.0.1	Opera 10
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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