JavaScript Date API Worksheet

Questions

This reference may be helpful in understanding how you can work with Date objects.

Question 1

If you invoke the Date constructor without passing in any parameters, what date will be stored in the object that is returned?

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Question 2

What is an 'epoch'?

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Question 3

What is a 'Unix timestamp' (also known as 'epoch time')?

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Question 4

What is the actual date of the epoch for Unix timestamps?

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Question 5

What does the getTime() method of a date object return (refer to the link that was mentioned above, or find another reference on the Date object in JavaScript)?

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Question 6

If you are working with 2 date objects, how could you use the getTime() method to determine if one date is more recent than the other?

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