Definition and Usage
The setTime() method sets the Date object in milliseconds.
Syntax
dateObject.setTime(millisec)
Parameters | Description |
millisec | Required. The date and time to be set are the number of milliseconds between midnight GMT January 1, 1970. A millisecond value of this type can be passed to the Date() constructor , which can be obtained by calling the Date.UTC() and Date.parse() methods. Representing the date in milliseconds makes it time zone independent. |
Return value
Return parameter millisec. Before ECMAScript was standardized, this method did not return a value.
Tips and Notes:
Note: This method is always used in conjunction with a Date object.
Example
Example 1
In this example we will add 77771564221 milliseconds to 1970/01/01 and display the new date and time:
<script type="text/javascript"> var d = new Date() d.setTime(77771564221) document.write(d) </script>
Output:
Mon Jun 19 1972 11:12:44 GMT+0800 (中国标准时间)
Example 2
In this example we will subtract 77771564221 milliseconds from 1970/01/01 and display the new date and time:
<script type="text/javascript"> var d = new Date() d.setTime(-77771564221) document.write(d) </script>
Output:
Sun Jul 16 1967 04:47:15 GMT+0800 (中国标准时间)
The javascript Date.setTime() method sets the time represented by the Date object in milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.
Here are the details of the parameters:
timeValue : 表示自1970年1月00:00:00 UTC起的一个整数(毫秒数)。
Example:
<html> <head> <title>JavaScript setTime Method</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" ); dt.setTime( 5000000 ); document.write( dt ); </script> </body> </html>
This will produce the following results:
Thu Jan 1 06:53:20 UTC+0530 1970
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