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Table G-10 Date Object (continued)
Method
Converts
toTimeString()
Time as string value in current
time zone
toUTCString()
Date object to string, set to
universal time
UTC()
Converts a date to milliseconds
(as number of milliseconds since
January 1, 1970)
valueOf()
Date object to millisecond
format
Document Object
The
Document object
represents the content of a browser's window. Table G-11
summarizes the Document object properties and methods. Note that all properties and
methods may not work with all browsers, especially older versions. Nonstandard proper-
ties are not included in this list to avoid confusion.
Table G-11 Document Object
Property
Description
activeElement
Element that currently has focus
alinkColor
Color of an active link specified by the alink attribute of the <body> tag; recommend
using style sheet in place of property (Deprecated)
all[]
Array referring to all HTML elements in a document (Deprecated)
anchors[]
Array referring to the document's anchors
applets[]
Array referring to the document's applets (Deprecated)
bgColor
Background color of the document as specified by the bgColor attribute of the
<body> tag; recommend using style sheet in place of property (Deprecated)
body
Contains the content of the document
characterSet
Character set currently in use
cookie
Specifies a cookie for the current document
domain
Domain name of the server where the current document is located
embeds[]
Array referring to the document's ActiveX controls and plug-ins
fgColor
Foreground text color of the document as specified by the fgColor attribute of the
<body> tag; recommend using style sheet in place of property (Deprecated)
forms[]
Array referring to multiple forms within a document
head
Contains content of head node of document
images[]
Array referring to the document's images
lastModified
Date the document was last modified
links[]
Array referring to the document's links
location
URL of the document
parentWindow
Refers to the document's window
plugins[]
Array referring to objects used in the document, synonym for embeds[] array
readyState
State of the document as it loads
referrer
URL of the document that provided a link to the current document
title
Title of the document as specified by the <title> ... </title> tag pair in the document's
<head> section
URL
URL of the current document
vlinkColor
Color of the document's visited links as specified by the vlink attribute of the <body>
tag (deprecated)
