Broken down time is handled with a time structure in the C language. Breaking down a time value in that context can require several lines of code. However, JavaScript provides the Date object class, which supports methods for accessing the separate time and date components.

The following time components are available:

• Year number

• Month in year

• Date within month

• Day of week

• Hour within day

• Minute within hour

• Second within minute

• Millisecond within second

• Time of day in milliseconds

These values are available measured in either local time or UTC time.

There are also facilities to convert back and forth between local time and UTC time.