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1. Why does Javascript getYear() return 108?    stackoverflow.com

Why does this javascript return 108 instead of 2008? it gets the day and month correct but not the year?

myDate = new Date();
year = myDate.getYear();

2. What does the plus sign do in 'return +new Date'    stackoverflow.com

I've seen this in a few places

function(){ return +new Date; }

3. How can I use Javascript dynamic properties so Foo.Bar returns current Date()?    stackoverflow.com

I want to create an object property that re-calculates it's value each time it is called. I took at stab at it:

var Foo = { Bar : (function() { return Date(); ...

4. Return only time irrelevant date javascript    stackoverflow.com

Hello guys My question is more about logic not code.I created something called prepared messages with time i supply to each new message, i compare the time with current time and give ...

5. How to create a function which can return Date Difference in javascript?    stackoverflow.com

i have created below function to get date difference between two dates.. pleas check it that its correct as well as how to find no of month (multiply by 30 or ...

6. JavaScript's getDate returns wrong date    stackoverflow.com

The following script returns 20 instead of 21!

var d = new Date("2010/03/21");
document.write(d.getDate());

7. IE Date.parse method returns NaN for Date with Time string    stackoverflow.com

We are trying parse the date with timestamp string, it blows up in IE but works fine FireFox. Here are the code alert(new Date(Date.parse("2010-01-31T12:00:00.233467-05:00"))); Any idea to make it work in IE browser? ...

8. Why is this returning -1 in JavaScript    stackoverflow.com

d.getTime().toString().search(/Wed/i)

9. Date(dateString) returning invalid date in FF    stackoverflow.com

The page works fine in Chrome, but I have this one minor error in FF and a different problem in IE. Assistance with either of these issues is greatly appreciated. ...

10. Is there a javascript function that returns the date that a specified file was last modified?    stackoverflow.com

Is there a javascript function that returns the date that a specified file was last modified? NO IFRAME! It can't have anything involved with php. Please help!

11. Javascript date.getYear() returns 111 in 2011?    stackoverflow.com

I have this javascript for automatically setting a date filter to the first and last day of the previous month:

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#DateFrom").datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yy' });
   ...

12. JavaScript setDate returning wrong dates    stackoverflow.com

I'm getting a date from a string, parsing it to get the day, month and year constituants and use these to instance a Date object. What I am trying to achieve is ...

13. javascript date getYear() returns different result between IE and Firefox, how to approach this?    stackoverflow.com

Apparently javascript date object's method getYear() returns different result between IE8 and Firefox3.6 (I have those 2 on my machine, not sure other browser or version)

Date d = new Date();
alert(d.getYear());

FF3.6 ==> ...

14. Javascript date time comparission returns false but branch stmt still executed    stackoverflow.com

I am confused with this Javascript behaviour. Check this code.

var NoOfMonthsElapsed = 6; //Should be >= 1 and <= 12
var MsgURL = "about:blank";
var PopupTitle = "ContactInfoUpdate";
var OptionString = "height=165,width=400,menubar=0,toolbar=0,location=1,status=0,resizable=0,status=0,HAlign=center,top=300";

var lastUpdatedDate = ...

15. Date.getUTCDay returns the wrong day    stackoverflow.com

I'm having a problem with the Date object in JavaScript. I've tested it in Firefox and IE. The following code shows the problem:

alert(new Date(Date.UTC(2011,6,5,1,0,0,0)).getUTCDay().toString());

16. Best way to remove 'EDT' from a date returned via javascript with toLocaleString()    stackoverflow.com

I'm relatively new to javascript, so this may be a really simple question. Is there an easy way to stop 'EDT' from printing after a date returned with toLocaleString? Thanks!

17. Javascript's getTimezoneOffset returns wrong offset?    stackoverflow.com

My computer's timezone is GMT-7:00 Mountain time US & Canada. I tried a javascript example on w3cschool:

<html>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
var d=new Date()
var gmtHours = -d.getTimezoneOffset()/60;
document.write("The local time zone is: GMT " + gmtHours);
</script>

</body>
</html>

18. Javascript's Date function always returns current time with differend Json strings as input    stackoverflow.com

I've got a AJAX call that returns a JSON string containing several different DateTimes. If I don't convert them, I get strings like /Date(1224043200000-0600)/. If I convert them using the Date ...

19. javascript format Date obj to yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss returns NAN-NAN-NAN    stackoverflow.com

I am taking a javascript new Date() and trying to format it as a string like so: yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss and then insert it into a SQLite database. I am using Appcelerator (1.7.2) ...

20. Javascript Date(dateString) returns NaN on specific server and browser    stackoverflow.com

I'm using the Javascript Date(string) constructor with a date format of "yyyy-mm-dd". The constructor works just fine in IE 9 and Firefox unless the app is running on our testing VM ...

21. In IE9 Quirks Mode Date.parse returns NaN    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to figure out why Date.parse (javascript) returns NaN when applied to a seemingly valid ISO 8601 date string when IE9 is in Quirks Mode. It works fine ...

22. date.format returning error    bytes.com

lol... I guess that makes sense then. all of my googling has been telling me to use that method. I wonder what I've been misreading.... ::?:: Anyway here is a pointed easy question then: What is the best method to use to format a date object? (it's funny how the simpelest things can drive you nuts...)

23. Return today's date    forums.devshed.com