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JavaScript setTime () method

Date Object Reference JavaScript Date Object

Examples

In this example, we will be January 1, 1970 to add 1332403882588 milliseconds, and displays the new date and time:

var d = new Date();
d.setTime(1332403882588);

d output:


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Definition and Usage

setTime () method of Date object in milliseconds.


Browser Support

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All major browsers support setTime () method


grammar

Date .setTime (millisec)

Parameter Values

parameter description
millisec Required. Date and time to be set according to the number of milliseconds GMT January 1, 1970 between midnight. Millisecond value of this type can be passed to the Date () constructor, this value can be obtained by calling Date.UTC () and Date.parse () method. Date expressed in milliseconds can make it independent of the time zone.

return value

Types of description
Number Return parameter millisec. Prior to ECMAScript standardization, this method does not return a value.

technical details

JavaScript version: 1.0


More examples

Examples

In this case, we will subtract 1970/01/01 1332403882588 milliseconds, and displays the new date and time:

var d = new Date ();
d.setTime (-1332403882588);

d resulting output:


try it"


Date Object Reference JavaScript Date Object