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JavaScript Date getSeconds() Method - GeeksforGeeks

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The date.getSeconds() method is used to fetch the seconds from the given Date object according to the local time. The value returned by this method ranges from 0 to 59.

DateObj.getSeconds()

This function does not accept any parameter. 

It returns the second for the given date object. Seconds is an integer value ranging from 0 to 59.

Example 1: Below is an example of Date.getSeconds() method. 

// Here a date has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let DateObj = new Date('October 15, 1996 05:35:32');

// second from above Date object is being
// extracted using getSeconds()
let sec = DateObj.getSeconds();

// Printing second
console.log(sec);

Output: 

32

Example 2: Here the date of the month should lie between 1 to 31 because none of the months have a date greater than 31 that is why it returns NaN i.e, not a number because if the date for the month does not exist. 

// Here a date has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let DateObj = new Date('October 33, 1996 05:35:32');

// second from above Date object is being
// extracted using getSeconds()
let sec = DateObj.getSeconds();

// Printing second
console.log(sec);

Output: 

NaN

Example 3: If a second is not given, it returns zero (0). 

// Here a date has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let DateObj = new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35');

// second from above Date object is being
// extracted using getSeconds()
let sec = DateObj.getSeconds();

// Printing second
console.log(sec);

Output: 

0

Example 4: If nothing as a parameter is given to the Date() constructor, it returns the current second. 

// Creating a Date Object
let DateObj = new Date();

// second from above Date object is being
// extracted using getSeconds()
let sec = DateObj.getSeconds();

// Printing second
console.log(sec);

Output: 

8

Example 5: If the second is 88, it returns 0 as an exception because the second's range is between 0 to 59, and 88 is out of this range. 

// Here a date has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let DateObj = new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:88');

// Second from above Date object is being
// extracted using getSeconds()
let sec = DateObj.getSeconds();

// Printing second
console.log(sec);

Output: 

0

We have a complete list of Javascript Javascript Date methods, to check those please go through the Javascript Date Object Complete Reference article.

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The getSeconds() method returns the seconds (0–59) of a specified date according to local time.

You use it by calling the method on a Date object:

let seconds = new Date().getSeconds(); // Example output: 42

It returns a number representing the seconds (from 0 to 59) of the specified date.

Yes, it returns the seconds based on the local time zone of the environment where the code is executed.

Yes, you can create a Date object for any past or future date and call getSeconds() on it to get the seconds:

let pastDate = new Date('2000-01-01T00:00:30');

let seconds = pastDate.getSeconds(); // Returns 30

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