JavaScript Date setSeconds() Method

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The date.setSeconds() method is used to set seconds into a Date object which is created using Date() constructor.

Syntax:

DateObj.setSeconds(seconds_Value)

Parameter: This method accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

seconds_Value: This parameter holds the value of second which is used to set in the Date() constructor.

Return Value: It returns the new Date with an updated second which is set by the setSeconds() method.

Note: The DateObj is a valid Date object created using the Date() constructor in which we want to set the second. The value of second is from 0 to 59. More codes for the above method are as follows:

Below is an example of the Date setSeconds() method.

Example 1:

Javascript

// Here a date has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32');
 
// New second of 52 is being set in above Date
// Object with the help of setSeconds() method
dateobj.setSeconds(52);
 
// New second from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getSeconds()
let B = dateobj.getSeconds();
 
// Printing new Second
console.log(B);

Output:

Example 2: If in the Date() constructor we do not give any second, still setSeconds() method set new second which is given as its parameter.

Javascript

// Here second has not been assigned
// while creating Date object
let dateobj = new Date('October 13, 1996');
 
// New second of 51 is being set in above Date
// Object with the help of setSeconds() method
dateobj.setSeconds(51);
 
// New second from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getSeconds()
let B = dateobj.getSeconds();
 
// Printing new Second
console.log(B);

Output:

Example 3: If nothing as a parameter is given in the Date() constructor, still the setSeconds() method is set second but the month, year, date, etc become current ones. Here 42 is the new second, 3 is the current month i.e April, 1 is the current date and 2018 is the current year.

Javascript

// Here nothing has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let dateobj = new Date();
 
// New second of 42 is being set in above Date
// Object with the help of setSeconds() method
dateobj.setSeconds(42);
 
// Seconds from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getSeconds()
let B = dateobj.getSeconds();
 
// Month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getMonth()
let C = dateobj.getMonth();
 
// Date from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getDate()
let D = dateobj.getDate();
 
// Year from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getFullYear()
let E = dateobj.getFullYear();
 
// Printing new seconds
console.log(B);
 
// Printing current month
console.log(C);
 
// Printing current date
console.log(D);
 
// Printing current year
console.log(E);

Output:

Example 4: If 66 is given as the parameter of the setSeconds() function, It will set 6 as the second because the second range is from 0 to 59 and ( 66%60 = 6). Here 6 is the new second and minutes become 36 from 35 because the second range is from 0 to 59. So when 66 is passed as a parameter to the setSeconds() function, it will set the seconds in the respective Date object to (66%60 = 6) and will increment the minutes in the respective Date object by (66/60 = 1).

Javascript

// Here date has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32');
 
// New second of 66 is being set in above Date
// Object with the help of setSeconds() function
dateobj.setSeconds(66);
 
// Seconds from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getSeconds()
let B = dateobj.getSeconds();
 
// Minute from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getMinutes()
let C = dateobj.getMinutes();
 
// Printing new seconds
console.log(B);
 
// Printing minutes
console.log(C);

Output:

6
36

We have a complete list of Javascript Date Objects, to check those please go through this Javascript Date Object Complete reference article.

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the JavaScript Date setSeconds() method are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Safari

We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.

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