Date

  • A Date object represents a whole or partial calendar date in the Gregorian Calendar.

  • A Date object can represent a full date, a month and day, a year, or a year and month.

  • The fields for a Date object are year, month, and day, all represented as integers.

  • The year field can range from 1 to 9999 or be 0, while the month and day fields can range from 1 to 12 and 1 to 31 respectively, or be 0 depending on the date representation.

Represents a whole or partial calendar date, such as a birthday. The time of day and time zone are either specified elsewhere or are insignificant. The date is relative to the Gregorian Calendar. This can represent one of the following:

  • A full date, with non-zero year, month, and day values.
  • A month and day, with a zero year (for example, an anniversary).
  • A year on its own, with a zero month and a zero day.
  • A year and month, with a zero day (for example, a credit card expiration date).

Related types:

JSON representation 
{
  "year": integer,
  "month": integer,
  "day": integer
}
Fields
year

integer

Year of the date. Must be from 1 to 9999, or 0 to specify a date without a year.
month

integer

Month of a year. Must be from 1 to 12, or 0 to specify a year without a month and day.
day

integer

Day of a month. Must be from 1 to 31 and valid for the year and month, or 0 to specify a year by itself or a year and month where the day isn't significant.