Date.prototype.setUTCHours()
The setUTCHours()
method sets the hour for a specified
date according to universal time, and returns the number of milliseconds since January
1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC until the time represented by the updated Date
instance.
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Syntax
dateObj.setUTCHours(hoursValue[, minutesValue[, secondsValue[, msValue]]])
Parameters
hoursValue
- An integer between 0 and 23, representing the hour.
minutesValue
- Optional. An integer between 0 and 59, representing the minutes.
secondsValue
- Optional. An integer between 0 and 59, representing the seconds. If you specify the
secondsValue
parameter, you must also specify theminutesValue
. msValue
- Optional. A number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds. If you specify
the
msValue
parameter, you must also specify theminutesValue
andsecondsValue
.
Return value
The number of milliseconds between January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC and the updated date.
Description
If you do not specify the minutesValue
,
secondsValue
, and msValue
parameters,
the values returned from the getUTCMinutes()
, getUTCSeconds()
,
and getUTCMilliseconds()
methods
are used.
If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range, setUTCHours()
attempts to update the date information in the Date
object accordingly.
For example, if you use 100 for secondsValue
, the minutes will
be incremented by 1 (minutesValue + 1
), and 40 will be used for seconds.
Examples
Using setUTCHours()
var theBigDay = new Date();
theBigDay.setUTCHours(8);
Specifications
Specification |
---|
ECMAScript (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Date.prototype.setUTCHours' in that specification. |
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