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Time And Date (Quick JS) ​

Novadesk uses the Quick JS JavaScript engine, so time and date behavior follows the ECMAScript 5.1 Date built-in. Quick JS targets ES5/ES5.1 semantics, and its Date implementation relies on the host platform for local time, time zone, and formatting details.

Table of Contents ​

All of the methods listed below are available in both Main and UI scripts.

Constructor And Static Methods ​

Constructor ​

  • Date(): Called with new, creates a Date instance. Called as a function, returns a string representation of the current date/time.

Static Methods ​

  • Date.now(): Returns the current time in milliseconds since the Unix epoch.
  • Date.parse(dateString): Parses a date string and returns the time value in milliseconds since the Unix epoch (or NaN if invalid).
  • Date.UTC(year, month[, day[, hour[, minute[, second[, millisecond]]]]]): Returns the time value in milliseconds for the given UTC components.

Instance Methods ​

Getters (Local Time) ​

  • getDate(): Day of the month (1-31) in local time.
  • getDay(): Day of the week (0-6, Sunday is 0) in local time.
  • getFullYear(): Four-digit year in local time.
  • getHours(): Hour (0-23) in local time.
  • getMilliseconds(): Milliseconds (0-999) in local time.
  • getMinutes(): Minutes (0-59) in local time.
  • getMonth(): Month (0-11, January is 0) in local time.
  • getSeconds(): Seconds (0-59) in local time.
  • getTime(): Time value in milliseconds since the Unix epoch.
  • getTimezoneOffset(): Difference, in minutes, between local time and UTC.

Getters (UTC) ​

  • getUTCDate(): Day of the month (1-31) in UTC.
  • getUTCDay(): Day of the week (0-6, Sunday is 0) in UTC.
  • getUTCFullYear(): Four-digit year in UTC.
  • getUTCHours(): Hour (0-23) in UTC.
  • getUTCMilliseconds(): Milliseconds (0-999) in UTC.
  • getUTCMinutes(): Minutes (0-59) in UTC.
  • getUTCMonth(): Month (0-11, January is 0) in UTC.
  • getUTCSeconds(): Seconds (0-59) in UTC.

Setters (Local Time) ​

  • setDate(day): Sets the day of the month (1-31) in local time.
  • setFullYear(year[, month[, day]]): Sets the year in local time (optionally month and day).
  • setHours(hour[, minute[, second[, millisecond]]]): Sets the hour in local time.
  • setMilliseconds(ms): Sets the milliseconds in local time.
  • setMinutes(minute[, second[, millisecond]]): Sets the minutes in local time.
  • setMonth(month[, day]): Sets the month (0-11) in local time (optionally day).
  • setSeconds(second[, millisecond]): Sets the seconds in local time.
  • setTime(timeValue): Sets the time value in milliseconds since the Unix epoch.

Setters (UTC) ​

  • setUTCDate(day): Sets the day of the month (1-31) in UTC.
  • setUTCFullYear(year[, month[, day]]): Sets the year in UTC (optionally month and day).
  • setUTCHours(hour[, minute[, second[, millisecond]]]): Sets the hour in UTC.
  • setUTCMilliseconds(ms): Sets the milliseconds in UTC.
  • setUTCMinutes(minute[, second[, millisecond]]): Sets the minutes in UTC.
  • setUTCMonth(month[, day]): Sets the month (0-11) in UTC (optionally day).
  • setUTCSeconds(second[, millisecond]): Sets the seconds in UTC.

Formatting And Conversion ​

  • toString(): Returns a human-readable local date and time string.
  • toDateString(): Returns a human-readable local date string (date only).
  • toTimeString(): Returns a human-readable local time string (time only).
  • toUTCString(): Returns a human-readable UTC date and time string.
  • toISOString(): Returns an ISO 8601 string in UTC.
  • toJSON(): Returns the JSON serialization (usually same as toISOString()).
  • toLocaleString(): Returns a locale-aware date and time string.
  • toLocaleDateString(): Returns a locale-aware date string.
  • toLocaleTimeString(): Returns a locale-aware time string.
  • valueOf(): Returns the primitive time value in milliseconds since the Unix epoch.

Legacy (Deprecated) ​

  • getYear(): Returns the year minus 1900 (legacy behavior).
  • setYear(year): Sets the year (legacy behavior; years 0-99 map to 1900-1999).
  • toGMTString(): Legacy alias for toUTCString().

Notes On Time Zones And Locales ​

  • Quick JS's Date depends on the host platform for local time, time zone offset, and date formatting. This means outputs from toString(), toLocaleString(), and related methods can vary by OS and configuration.
  • Locale-aware formatting (toLocaleString() and friends) uses locale-specific formats and typically relies on Intl.DateTimeFormat when available in the JS environment.

Quick Examples ​

javascript
// Current time (ms since epoch)
var now = Date.now();

// Create a date (local time)
var d = new Date(2026, 1, 11, 14, 30, 0); // Feb 11, 2026 14:30:00

// UTC formatting
var utc = d.toISOString();

// Local formatted string
var local = d.toString();