[Python] How to create and manipulate JavaScript Date objects from Brython

I am using Brython without importing the Python standard library. (If I am cutting a steak with a screwdriver, please let me know.)

I would like to write Brython code to do the work of routine date manipulation in JavaScript:

var foo = new Date()
foo.setHours(4)
var time = foo.getTime()


In my searching, I thought I saw that the first line could be approximated in Brython by:

from javascript import Date
foo = Date.new()


However, I ran into trouble trying to call Date.new() (and also new Date() and just Date()) from Brython; the last one returned a string giving the time, without obvious methods of JavaScript Date objects.

Is there a winning approach using Brython without the Python standard library to handle e.g. routine creation and manipulation of JavaScript Date objects, or should I use Brython with the standard library and use Python's datetime facilities?

Thanks,

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