# Newbie question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-question/206445>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 8, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-question/206445 "2006-11-08T05:37:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![cnboy0212](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cnboy0212](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cnboy0212)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-question/206445/1 "2006-11-08T05:37:39Z")

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What the “new” thingy do? ex: new Date() , I know it means to create a new date object but whats the difference between code such as : date = new Date(); sec = date.getsecond and: date = Date(); sec = date.getsecond?