JScript Date Object UTC Method

Computes the number of milliseconds between midnight, January 1, 1970 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) (or GMT) and the supplied date.

Syntax: JScript Date Object UTC Method

Date.UTC(year, month, day[, hours[, minutes[, seconds[,ms]]]])

Arguments: JScript Date Object UTC Method

year

The full year designation is required for cross-century date accuracy. If year between 0 and 99 is used, then year is assumed to be 1900 + year. Required.

month

The month as an integer between 0 and 11 (January to December). Required.

date

The date as an integer between 1 and 31. Required.

hours

Must be supplied if minutes is supplied. An integer from 0 to 23 (midnight to 11pm) that specifies the hour. Optional.

minutes

Must be supplied if seconds is supplied. An integer from 0 to 59 that specifies the minutes. Optional.

seconds

Must be supplied if milliseconds is supplied. An integer from 0 to 59 that specifies the seconds. Optional.

An integer from 0 to 999 that specifies the milliseconds. Optional.

Remarks: JScript Date Object UTC Method

The UTC method returns the number of milliseconds between midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC and the supplied date. This return value can be used in the setTime method and in the Date object constructor. If the value of an argument is greater than its range or is a negative number, other stored values are modified accordingly. For example, if you specify 150 seconds, JScript redefines that number as two minutes and 30 seconds.

The difference between the UTC method and the Date object constructor that accepts a date is that the UTC method assumes UTC, and the Date object constructor assumes local time.

The UTC method is a static method. Therefore, a Date object does not have to be created before it can be used. The UTC method is invoked as follows:

var datestring = "November 1, 1997 10:15 AM";

Date.UTC(datestring)

Note

If year is between 0 and 99, use 1900 + year for the year.