How and when to use date value in milliseconds

Description

The valueOf() method returns the milliseconds representation of the date.

Example


var date1 = new Date(2007, 0, 1); //"January 1, 2007" 
var date2 = new Date(2007, 1, 1); //"February 1, 2007" 
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console.log(date1.valueOf());
console.log(date2.valueOf());

The code above generates the following result.

Example 2

< and > calls valueOf method during the comparison.


var date1 = new Date(2007, 0, 1); //"January 1, 2007" 
var date2 = new Date(2007, 1, 1); //"February 1, 2007" 
        /*from www. j a v a2s.  co m*/
console.log(date1 < date2); //true 
console.log(date1 > date2); //false 

The code above generates the following result.

Example 3

+ sign converts Date value to millisecond.


var stop = + new Date();
console.log(stop);

The code above generates the following result.





















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