Date.setUTCDate()

JavaScript 1.2+, ECMAScript 1.0+, JScript 3.0+ Nav4+, IE 4+ Syntax

							date.setUTCDate(day)

Description

The setUTCDate() method sets the day of the month in the Date object to the argument day, an integer from 1 to 31 universal time. The method returns an integer representing the number of milliseconds between midnight January 1, 1970 (GMT) to the date and time specified in the Date object after the day of the month has been adjusted.

Example

The code in Listing 6.100 displays the current date in milliseconds (universal time) before setting the day to 6. Notice that the milliseconds specified after the setUTCDate() method are the same as the result returned from the method.

Listing 6.100 Setting the Date with the setUTCDate() ...

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