Create a new NotesDateTime object: 
var myDate:NotesDateTime = session.CreateDateTime("2012/01/30 00:00:01"); 
 
Get the date or time component / value only (Note this is a string returned): 
var mydateonly:String = myDate.getDateOnly; 
var mytimeonly:String = myDate.getTimeOnly; 
 
Or both the date and time in the Local Time (to the server by default): 
var  mydatetimestr:String = myDate.getLocalTime; 
 
To compare Dates, convert the NotesDateTime to Java DateTime: 
var myJavaDate:Date = new Date(myDate.toJavaDate() ); 
Then use the Java DateTime functions to compare. See an example using getTime below. 
 
Get the current document field's value as Java DateTime: 
var oneDt:Date = doc1.getItemValueDate( 'MyStartDateFld'); 
var twoDt:Date = doc1.getItemValueDate ( 'MyEndDateFld'); 
 
You can also use the JavaScript @Date() function similar to below: 
var oneDt:Date = new Date(); 
oneDt.setFullYear(2012, 0, 31)			// Java date is 0 - 11 for month 
 
var twoDt:Date = @Date( @Today() ); 
var isbeforeorsame = (@Date( oneDt ).before( twoDt ) || @Date( oneDt ).equals.( twoDt ); 
 
Format a Java date, myDate,  in the local format using SSJS: 
java.text.DateFormat.getDateInstance( java.text.DateFormat.SHORT, context.getLocal()).format(myDate) 
(Note the keywords are SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG, and FULL.) 
 
Format a Java time, myDate, in the local format: 
java.text.DateFormat.getTimeInstance( java.text.DateFormat.SHORT, context.getLocal()).format(myDate) 
 
Get the number of days between two java DateTimes, oneDt and twoDt: 
var difference = twoDt.getTime() - oneDate.getTime(); 
var diffdays = (Math.floor( difference/1000/60/60/24) ) + 1; 
 
Confirm passed date is a valid date: 
(Code by Todd Morin, MW contractor) 
// Checks that a date is valid (e.g., not Feb 30th, or Jan 55th, etc.). 
private boolean checkDate(int date_to_check) { 
// date_to_check is expected to be in modified isodate format (i.e., 20160203 for Feb 3, 2016). 
final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyyMMdd"; 
 
        try { 
            DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT); 
            df.setLenient(false); 
            df.parse(Integer.toString(date_to_check)); 
            return true; 
        } catch (Exception e) { 
            System.out.println("Problem with requested date: " + date_to_check); 
            System.exit(1); 
        } 
        return true; 
} 
 
  
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