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Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; sets the date for the specified Date object in milliseconds since midnight on January 1,
1970, and returns the new time in milliseconds.
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
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
Date.setUTCDate()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_date.setUTCDate(date:Number) : Number
Parameters
A number; an integer from 1 to 31.
date
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; 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
Date.getUTCDay()
changes as a result of calling this method.
Example
The following example initially creates a new Date object with today's date, uses
Date.setUTCDate()
var my_date:Date = new Date();
my_date.setUTCDate(10);
trace(my_date.getUTCDate()); // output: 10
my_date.setUTCDate(25);
trace(my_date.getUTCDate()); // output: 25
Date.setTime()
and
Date.getDay()
to change the date value to 10, and changes it again to 25:
to change the time to 8:30 a.m.:
can report a new value if the day of the week
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