November 2001
Intermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
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Name
Date.setHours( ) — set the hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds fields of a Date
Availability
JavaScript 1.0; JScript 1.0; ECMAScript v1
Synopsis
date.setHours(hours)date.setHours(hours,minutes)date.setHours(hours,minutes,seconds)date.setHours(hours,minutes,seconds,millis)
Arguments
-
hours An integer between 0 (midnight) and 23 (11 p.m.) local time that is set as the new hours value of
date.-
minutes An optional integer, between 0 and 59, that is used as the new value (in local time) of the minutes field of
date. This argument is not supported prior to ECMAScript standardization.-
seconds An optional integer, between 0 and 59, that is used as the new value (in local time) of the seconds field of
date. This argument is not supported prior to ECMAScript standardization.-
millis An optional integer, between 0 and 999, that is used as the new value (in local time) of the milliseconds field of
date. This argument is not supported prior to ECMAScript standardization.
Returns
The millisecond representation of the adjusted date. Prior to ECMAScript standardization, this method returns nothing.