Date.prototype.setTime()
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The setTime()
method of Date
instances changes the timestamp for this date, which is the number of milliseconds since the epoch, defined as the midnight at the beginning of January 1, 1970, UTC.
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Syntax
setTime(timeValue)
Parameters
timeValue
-
An integer representing the new timestamp — the number of milliseconds since the midnight at the beginning of January 1, 1970, UTC.
Return value
Changes the Date
object in place, and returns its new timestamp. If timeValue
is NaN
(or other values that get coerced to NaN
, such as undefined
), the date is set to Invalid Date and NaN
is returned.
Examples
Using setTime()
const theBigDay = new Date("1999-07-01");
const sameAsBigDay = new Date();
sameAsBigDay.setTime(theBigDay.getTime());
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.settime |
Browser compatibility
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