Difference in Javascript Date object

Question

Depending on how you create a Date object a different timestamp is returned.

var g1 = new Date(2011, 6, 18, 14, 50, 0);
var g2 = new Date("June 18, 2011 14:50:00");
alert(g1.getTime() + "\n" + g2.getTime());

// velue alerted is 
1310997000000
1308405000000

Any thoughts?

Justin Ethier · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-18 15:18:16Z

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According to the documentation for Date:

month

Integer value representing the month, beginning with 0 for January to 11 for December

You are passing 6 for the month, so the constructor interprets it as July.

Both of these values should be identical:

var g1 = new Date(2011, 5, 18, 14, 50, 0);
var g2 = new Date("June 18, 2011 14:50:00"); 

alert(g1.getTime() + "\n" + g2.getTime());

edited Jun 18, 2011 at 15:18

answered Jun 18, 2011 at 15:12

Justin Ethier

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2 Comments

Roy Over a year ago

Thanks a lot ! This makes perfect sense now.

Justin Ethier Over a year ago

You're welcome. Its always fun dealing with those little off-by-one errors when working with date/time :)

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