Date() constructor

The Date() constructor creates Date objects. When called as a function, it returns a string representing the current time.

Return value: Calling new Date() (the Date() constructor) returns a Date object. If called with an invalid date string, or if the date to be constructed will have a timestamp less than -8,640,000,000,000,000 or greater than 8,640,000,000,000,000 milliseconds, it returns an invalid date (a Date object whose toString() method returns “Invalid Date” and valueOf() method returns NaN).

Return value: Calling the Date() function (without the new keyword) returns a string representation of the current date and time, exactly as new Date().toString() does. Any arguments given in a Date() function call (without the new keyword) are ignored; regardless of whether it’s called with an invalid date string — or even called with any arbitrary object or other primitive as an argument — it always returns a string representation of the current date and time.

Syntax example: new Date()