Temporal.PlainDateTime.from()

The Temporal.PlainDateTime.from() static method creates a new Temporal.PlainDateTime object from another Temporal.PlainDateTime object, an object with date and time properties, or an RFC 9557 string.

Syntax#

Temporal.PlainDateTime.from(info)
Temporal.PlainDateTime.from(info, options)

Parameters#

• info
• : One of the following:
  • A {{jsxref("Temporal.PlainDateTime")}} instance, which creates a copy of the instance.
  • An RFC 9557 string containing a date, optionally a time, and optionally a calendar.
  • An object containing properties that are recognized by either {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainDate/from", "Temporal.PlainDate.from()")}} (calendar, era, eraYear, year, month, monthCode, day) or {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainTime/from", "Temporal.PlainTime.from()")}} (hour, minute, second, millisecond, microsecond, nanosecond). The info should explicitly specify a year (as year or era and eraYear), a month (as month or monthCode), and a day; others are optional and will be set to their default values.
• options {{optional_inline}}
• : An object containing the following property:
  • overflow {{optional_inline}}
  • : A string specifying the behavior when a date component is out of range (when using the object info). Possible values are:
    • "constrain" (default)
    • : The date component is clamped to the valid range.
    • "reject"
    • : A {{jsxref("RangeError")}} is thrown if the date component is out of range.

Return value#

A new Temporal.PlainDateTime object, representing the date and time specified by info in the specified calendar.

Exceptions#

• {{jsxref("TypeError")}}
• : Thrown in one of the following cases:
  • info is not an object or a string.
  • options is not an object or undefined.
  • The provided properties are insufficient to unambiguously determine a date. You usually need to provide a year (or era and eraYear), a month (or monthCode), and a day.
• {{jsxref("RangeError")}}
• : Thrown in one of the following cases:
  • The provided properties that specify the same component are inconsistent.
  • The provided non-numerical properties are not valid; for example, if monthCode is never a valid month code in this calendar.
  • The provided numerical properties are out of range, and options.overflow is set to "reject".
  • The info is not in the representable range, which is ±(10⁸ + 1) days, or about ±273,972.6 years, from the Unix epoch.

Examples#

Creating a PlainDateTime from an object#

// Year + month + day + hour + minute + second
const dt = Temporal.PlainDateTime.from({
  year: 2021,
  month: 7,
  day: 1,
  hour: 12,
  minute: 34,
  second: 56,
});
console.log(dt.toString()); // "2021-07-01T12:34:56"

Creating a PlainDateTime from a string#

const dt = Temporal.PlainDateTime.from("2021-07-01T12:34:56");
console.log(dt.toLocaleString()); // "7/1/2021, 12:34:56 PM" (assuming en-US locale)

For more examples, especially regarding different calendars and overflow settings, see {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainDate/from", "Temporal.PlainDate.from()")}} and {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainTime/from", "Temporal.PlainTime.from()")}}.

Specifications#

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility#

{{Compat}}

See also#

• {{jsxref("Temporal.PlainDateTime")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainDateTime/PlainDateTime", "Temporal.PlainDateTime()")}}
• {{jsxref("Temporal/PlainDateTime/with", "Temporal.PlainDateTime.prototype.with()")}}