date basics in JavaScript

What this snippet does

Months are 0-indexed in JavaScript Date — January is 0, December is 11 — always add 1 when displaying.

Expected output

(current year)
(current month 1-12)
(current day)
(day of week 0-6)
(ISO string)
(locale date string)

Why practise typing this

Typing date code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation JavaScript uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.

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