Javascript Reference - JavaScript UTC() Method
Date.UTC() returns the millisecond of a date
in Coordinated Universal Time.
The arguments for Date.UTC()
- the year,
- the zero-based month (January is 0, February is 1, and so on)
- the day of the month (1 through 31),
- the hours (0 through 23),
- minutes,
- seconds,
- milliseconds
The year and month are required.
If the day of the month isn't supplied, it's assumed to be 1. all other omitted arguments are assumed to be 0.
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Syntax
Date.UTC(year,month,day,hours,minutes,seconds,millisec)
Parameter Values
| Parameter | Description |
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| year | Required. A four-digit value representing the year, allowing negative values |
| month | Required. An integer representing the month
Expected values are 0-11, but other values are allowed: -1 will be the last month of the previous year 12 will be the first month of the next year |
| day | Required. An integer representing the day of month
Expected values are 1-31, but other values are allowed: 0 will be the last hour of the previous month -1 will be the hour before the last hour of the previous month If the month has 31 days, 32 will be the first day of the next month |
| hour | Optional. Default 0. An integer representing the hour.
Expected values are 0-23, but other values are allowed:
-1 will be the last hour of the previous day 24 will be the first hour of the next day |
| min | Optional. Default 0. An integer representing the minutes.
Expected values are 0-59, but other values are allowed: -1 will be the last minute of the previous hour 60 will be the first minute of the next hour |
| sec | Optional. Default 0. An integer representing the seconds
Expected values are 0-59, but other values are allowed: -1 will be the last second of the previous minute 60 will be the first second of the next minute |
| millisec | Optional. Default 0. An integer representing the milliseconds
Expected values are 0-999, but other values are allowed:
-1 will be the last millisecond of the previous second |
Return Value
return a number representing the number of milliseconds between the specified date-time and midnight January 1 1970
Example
var aDate = new Date(Date.UTC(2000, 0));
console.log(aDate);
//Fri Dec 31 1999 16:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
The code above generates the following result.
Example 2
months are zero-based hours are represented as 0 through 23.
var aDate = new Date(Date.UTC(2021, 5, 4, 12, 21, 55));
console.log(aDate);
//Fri Jun 04 2021 05:21:55 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
The code above generates the following result.
