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Javascript Date - UTC Method
Description:
This method takes a date and returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970 according to universal time.
Syntax:
Date.year,month,day,[hours,[minutes,[seconds,[ms]]])
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Note: Paramters in the bracket are always optional
Here is the detail of parameters:
year : A four digit number representing the year
month : An integer between 0 and 11 representing the month
day : An integer between 1 and 31 representing the date
hours : An integer between 0 and 23 representing the hour
minutes : An integer between 0 and 59 representing the minutes
seconds : An integer between 0 and 59 representing the seconds
ms :An integer between 0 and 999 representing the milliseconds
Return Value:
Number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970
Example:
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript UTC Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var msecs = Date.UTC(2008,9,6);
document.write( "Number of milliseconds from 1970: " + msecs );
</script>
</body>
</html>
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This will produce following result :
Number of milliseconds from 1970: 1223251200000
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To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.
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