Date.prototype.setUTCSeconds()

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The setUTCSeconds() method of Date instances changes the seconds and/or milliseconds for this date according to universal time.

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Syntax

js
setUTCSeconds(secondsValue)
setUTCSeconds(secondsValue, msValue)

Parameters

secondsValue

An integer between 0 and 59 representing the seconds.

msValue Optional

An integer between 0 and 999 representing the milliseconds.

Return value

Changes the Date object in place, and returns its new timestamp. If a parameter is NaN (or other values that get coerced to NaN, such as undefined), the date is set to Invalid Date and NaN is returned.

Description

If you do not specify the msValue parameter, the value returned from the getUTCMilliseconds() method is used.

If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range, setUTCSeconds() attempts to update the date information in the Date object accordingly. For example, if you use 100 for secondsValue, the minutes stored in the Date object will be incremented by 1, and 40 will be used for seconds.

Examples

Using setUTCSeconds()

js
const theBigDay = new Date();
theBigDay.setUTCSeconds(20);

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-date.prototype.setutcseconds

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