Javascript Reference - JavaScript setDate() Method
setDate(date)
Sets the day of the month for the date.
If the date is greater than the number of days in the month, the month
value also gets increased.
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Syntax
dateObject.setDate(day);
Parameter Values
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| day | Required. An integer representing the day of a month.
Expected values are 1-31, but other values are allowed. 0 will result in the last day of the previous month -1 will result in the day before the last day of the previous month If the month has 31 days, 32 will be the first day of the next month If the month has 30 days, 32 will be the second day of the next month |
Return Value
return a number, representing the number of milliseconds between the date object and midnight January 1 1970.
Example
var myDate = new Date();
myDate.setDate(12);
console.log(myDate.toString());
The code above generates the following result.
