Description

The valueOf() method is used to return the primitive value of a Date object.

Note: The primitive value is returned as the number of millisecond since midnight January 1, 1970.

This method has the form:

Date.valueOf()

Note: This method is usually called automatically by JavaScript, and not explicitly in code.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this method.

<script>
var d = new Date();
document.write(d.valueOf());
</script>

This produces the following result:

Browser Support

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