November 2001
Intermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
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Name
Date.UTC( ) — convert a Date specification to milliseconds
Availability
JavaScript 1.0; JScript 1.0; ECMAScript v1
Synopsis
Date.UTC(year,month,day,hours,minutes,seconds,ms)
Arguments
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year The year in four-digit format. If this argument is between 0 and 99, inclusive, 1900 will be added to it and it will be treated as a year between 1900 and 1999.
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month The month, specified as an integer from 0 ( January) to 11 (December).
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day The day of the month, specified as an integer from 1 to 31. Note that this argument uses 1 as its lowest value, while other arguments use 0 as their lowest value. This argument is optional.
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hours The hour, specified as an integer from 0 (midnight) to 23 (11 p.m.). This argument is optional.
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minutes The minutes in the hour, specified as an integer from 0 to 59. This argument is optional.
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seconds The seconds in the minute, specified as an integer from 0 to 59. This argument is optional.
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ms The number of milliseconds. This argument is optional and is ignored prior to ECMAScript standardization.
Returns
The millisecond representation of the specified universal time. That is, this method returns the number of milliseconds between midnight GMT on January 1, 1970 and the specified time.
Description
Date.UTC( ) is a static method; it is invoked
through the Date( ) constructor, not through an
individual Date object.
The arguments to Date.UTC( ) specify a date and time and are understood to be in UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) -- they are in the GMT time ...
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