Applies to: Date Object
The setDate method is used to sets the numeric date of the Date object using local time. It return in milliseconds. To convert the millisecond to string use obj.toLocaleString( ).
Syntax
objDate.setDate(numDate)
The numDate argument is a numeric value equal to the numeric date.
Example
To set the date value using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), use the setUTCDate method.
If the value of numDate is greater than the number of days in the month stored in the Date object or is a negative number, the date is set to a date equal to numDate minus the number of days in the stored month. For example, if the stored date is January 5, 1996, and setDate(32) is called, the date changes to February 1, 1996. Negative numbers have a similar behavior.
The following example illustrates the use of the setDate method:
newdate = 14;
d = new Date();
d.setDate(newdate);
s = "Current setting is ";
s += d.toLocaleString();
document.write(s);
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See also: Date Object Methods, getDate Method, getUTCDate Method, setUTCDate Method |
