setDate (JavaScript)

Sets the day of the month in local time.

Defined in

Date (Standard - JavaScript)

Syntax

setDate(date:int) : long
Parameters Description
date The day of the month in local time where 1 is the first day of the month.
Return value Description
long The new time in numeric format.

Examples

This computed label adds one year to the current date. One day is first subtracted if the date is February 29 (leap year) so it appears as February 28 instead of March 1 in the next year.
// Next year same time
var date = new Date();
if(date.getMonth() == 1) // if Feb
	if(date.getDate() > 28) // if Feb 29
		date.setDate(date.getDate() - 1);
date.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() + 1);
date.toString()