JavaScript provides a comprehensive API for working with dates and times through the Date object. Here's an in-depth look into JavaScript's date and time capabilities:

1. Creating Dates

You can create a Date object in several ways:

1.1 Current Date and Time

const now = new Date();
console.log(now); // Current date and time

1.2 Specific Date and Time

const specificDate = new Date(2024, 10, 24, 15, 30, 0); // Year, Month (0-based), Day, Hours, Minutes, Seconds
console.log(specificDate);

• Months are 0-indexed (January = 0, December = 11).

1.3 From a Date String

const fromString = new Date('2024-11-24T15:30:00');
console.log(fromString);

1.4 From a Timestamp (Milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970)

const fromTimestamp = new Date(1732469400000); // Milliseconds
console.log(fromTimestamp);

2. Date Components

You can retrieve individual date components using various methods:

2.1 Get Methods

const now = new Date();

console.log(now.getFullYear());  // Year (e.g., 2024)
console.log(now.getMonth());    // Month (0-11)
console.log(now.getDate());     // Day of the month (1-31)
console.log(now.getDay());      // Day of the week (0-6, Sunday = 0)
console.log(now.getHours());    // Hours (0-23)
console.log(now.getMinutes());  // Minutes (0-59)
console.log(now.getSeconds());  // Seconds (0-59)
console.log(now.getMilliseconds()); // Milliseconds (0-999)
console.log(now.getTime());     // Timestamp (milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970)

2.2 UTC Get Methods

For UTC times: