Date^(native)

Represents date and time. Local and UTC timezones supported.

Example

// Now var d = new Date(); console.printf("today is: %d-%d-%d %d:%d:%d\n", d.day, d.month, d.year, d.hour, d.minute, d.second); // UTC d = new Date("28 Feb 1980 UTC"); if (d.UTCday != 28 || f.UTCmonth != 2 || d.UTCyear != 1980) throw "date ctor"; // Locale strings console << d.toLocaleString(true, 1);

Properties

• day : Integer
  Number of the day, from 1 up to number of days in current month.
• dayOfWeek : Integer
  Day of the week, number of day of the week, from 0 to 6 where 0 is Monday.
• firstDayOfWeek : Integer
  First day of the week in current locale, from 0 to 6 where 0 is Monday.
• hour : Integer
  Hour, from 0 to 23.
• millisecond : Integer
  Millisecond, from 0 to 999.
• minute : Integer
  Minute, from 0 to 59.
• month : Integer
  Number of the month, from 1 to 12.
• second : Integer
  Second, from 0 to 59.
• UTCday : Integer
  UTCday, number of the day, from 1 up to number of days in current month.
• UTCdayOfWeek : Integer
  UTCdayOfWeek, number of day of the week, from 0 to 6 where 0 is Monday.
• UTChour : Integer
  UTChour, hour, from 0 to 23.
• UTCmillisecond : Integer
  UTCmillisecond, integer, millisecond, from 0 to 999.
• UTCminute : Integer
  UTCminute, minute, from 0 to 59.
• UTCmonth : Integer
  UTCmonth, number of the month, from 1 to 12.
• UTCsecond : Integer
  UTCsecond, second, from 0 to 59.
• UTCyear : Integer
  UTCyear, full number of the year, e.g. 2005.
• year : Integer
  Full number of the year, e.g. 2012.

Methods

• dayOfWeekName(longFormat) : String
  Find out name of the day in current user's locale.
• isDaylight() : Boolean
  Find out if current clock is using daylight saving time.
• monthName(longFormat) : String
  Find out name of the month in current user's locale.
• now(sequential = false) : Date
  Function for getting the current time in UTC.
• parse(value) : Boolean
  This function parse date in string
• setTime(milliseconds) : Date
  Sets this date object fields equal to date defined by milliseconds parameter.
• this([year, month, day[, hour[, minute[, second[, millisecond]]]]]]) : Date
  Constructor - creates new date object. If no parameters were given then initializes date fields to the current time (UTC). If year, month, day, etc. provided uses these numeric values to initialize new Date instance.
• this([value]) : Date
  Constructor - creates new date object. If no parameters were given then initializes date fields to the current time (UTC). If single string parameter provided then parses date contained in the string.
• tick() : Integer
  Number of miliseconds. This property is suitable for animation (game) scheduling.
• timeZoneName() : String
  Returns name of current timezone.
• timeZoneOffset() : Integer
  Returns shift in milliseconds of current timezone from GMT.
• toISOString(asUTC = false) : String
  Creates ISO 8601 string representation of this date object as either local or UTC date/time.
• toLocaleString(longFormat, typeFormat) : String
  Returns string representation of the date using current system settings. Argument typeFormat can by one of:
• toString() : T:String
  Creates RFC-822 string representation of this date object.
• toUTCString() : String
  Creates RFC-822 string representation of this date object as UTC date/time.
• UTC(year, month, day [, hour [, minute [, second [, millisecond ]]]]]) : Boolean
  Calculate number of milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC up to date defined by parameters
• valueOf() : Float
  Calculate number o milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.