Temporal.PlainDateTime.from()

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

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

Parameters

info

One of the following:

  • A 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 Temporal.PlainDate.from() (calendar, era, eraYear, year, month, monthCode, day) or 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

An object containing the following property:

overflow Optional

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 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

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.
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

js
// 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

js
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 Temporal.PlainDate.from() and Temporal.PlainTime.from().

Specifications

Specification
Temporal
# sec-temporal.plaindatetime.from

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Bun
Deno
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Chrome – Full support
Chrome 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 144 (Release date: 2026-01-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 139 (Release date: 2025-05-27)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 128 (Release date: 2026-02-26)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 223166
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 139 (Release date: 2025-05-27)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 95 (Release date: 2026-02-11)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 223166
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 223166
Bun – No support
Bun
footnote No support
Deno – Full support
Deno 2.7 (Release date: 2026-02-25)
footnote Full support
Node.js – No support
Node.js
footnote No support

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See also