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Asked: 2026-06-13T21:37:33+00:00

I am trying to start learning JavaScript instead of allways copying it. I know

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I am trying to start learning JavaScript instead of allways copying it. I know this probably is super simple, but where does Date() come from? Why can I call it?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
    function displayDate() {
        document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = Date();
    }
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>My First JavaScript</h1>
<p id="demo">This is a paragraph.</p>

<button type="button" onclick="displayDate()">Display Date</button>

</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Date() is a built in object, declared in the global scope, just like Math, Array etc.

    You can read more about this under section 4.2 Language Overview in the ECMA specification. Quote:

    ECMAScript defines a collection of built-in objects that round out the
    definition of ECMAScript entities. These built-in objects include the
    global object, the Object object, the Function object, the Array
    object, the String object, the Boolean object, the Number object, the
    Math object, the Date object, the RegExp object, the JSON object, and
    the Error objects Error, EvalError, RangeError, ReferenceError,
    SyntaxError, TypeError and URIError.

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