Date

require(["esri/tasks/support/Date"], function(Date) { /* code goes here */ });

Class: esri/tasks/support/Date

Inheritance: Date Accessor

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.0

Date object used in geoprocessing.

See also:

Geoprocessor

Constructors

new Date(properties)

Parameter:

properties Object

optional

See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Working with Properties topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
Date	Date value returned from server. more details	more details	Date
String	The name of the class. more details	more details	Accessor
String	The format of the date used in the date property. more details	more details	Date

Property Details

dateDate

Date value returned from server.

declaredClassStringreadonly inherited Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.7

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

formatString

The format of the date used in the date property.

Default Value:EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy

Example:

var today = new Date();
today.format = "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy";
// Prints the date in this format: "Wed Oct 07 2015 14:11:52 GMT-0700 (PDT)"
console.log(today.date);

Method Overview

Name	Return Type	Summary	Class
	*	Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from a product in the ArcGIS platform. more details	more details	Date
	Object	Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. more details	more details	Date

Method Details

fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from a product in the ArcGIS platform. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter:

json Object

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns:

Type	Description
*	Returns a new instance of this class.

toJSON(){Object}

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for more information.