USE DATE OBJECT METHODS

You can use these methods of the Date object to extract the date and time information you wish to display. Start by creating a new Date object and then use the Date object methods to pull out the desired data, for example:

var myDate = new Date();
// creates a new instance of the Date object 
using the current time and date on the user's computer
alert ("The date is " + myDate.getMonth() 
+ "-" + myDate.getDate() + "-" 
+ myDate.getFullYear());
// writes the month, day of the month, 
and four-digit year to the page

as shown in Figure 5-3.

Figure 5-3: Displaying month, day, and year.
Figure 5-3: Displaying month, day, and year.