This question might sound silly but it really bugs me and I could not find any relevant answers. Is there any way to initialise a javascript variable of date type other than using the new Date() ?. I have the doubt which is similar to this SO question. I need to know if there are any shorter representations.
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Krishna Prashatt
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why are you looking something for `other than using the new Date()` ? – manikant gautam Apr 03 '19 at 08:09
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@manikantgautam lets just say that I'm curious. Since we have [] for arrays and {} for objects, I'm curious to kow if there is anything available for date. – Krishna Prashatt Apr 03 '19 at 08:11
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There is no Date literal. – RobG Apr 03 '19 at 12:04
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From the MDN Web Docs:
JavaScript Date objects can only be instantiated by calling JavaScript Date as a constructor: calling it as a regular function (i.e. without the new operator) will return a string rather than a Date object; unlike other JavaScript object types, JavaScript Date objects have no literal syntax.
So no, there is no other way. If you don't like it that way, you can take a look at date libraries like momentjs
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