Settime (Date.settime Method); Setutcdate (Date.setutcdate Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASHLITE2 ACTIONSCRIPT-LANGUAGE Reference

setTime (Date.setTime method)

public setTime(millisecond:Number) : Number
Sets the date for the specified Date object in milliseconds since midnight on January 1, 1970,
and returns the new time in milliseconds.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
- A number; an integer value where 0 is midnight on January 1,
millisecond:Number
universal time.
Returns
- An integer.
Number
Example
The following example initially creates a new Date object, setting the time and date to 8:00
a.m. on May 15, 2004, and uses to change the time to 8:30 a.m.:
Date.setTime()
var my_date:Date = new Date(2004,4,15,8,0,0);
var myDate_num:Number = my_date.getTime(); // convert my_date to
milliseconds
myDate_num += 30 * 60 * 1000; // add 30 minutes in milliseconds
my_date.setTime(myDate_num); // set my_date Date object 30 minutes forward
trace(my_date.getFullYear()); // output: 2004
trace(my_date.getMonth()); // output: 4
trace(my_date.getDate()); // output: 15
trace(my_date.getHours()); // output: 8
trace(my_date.getMinutes()); // output: 30

setUTCDate (Date.setUTCDate method)

public setUTCDate(date:Number) : Number
Sets the date for the specified Date object in universal time and returns the new time in
milliseconds. Calling this method does not modify the other fields of the specified Date
object, but and can report a new value if the day of the
Date.getUTCDay() Date.getDay()
week changes as a result of calling this method.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
- A number; an integer from 1 to 31.
date:Number
Date 349