JavaScript Date method: UTC()
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The UTC() method (when applied to the JavaScript
Date object)
returns number of UTC milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00.
It
has the following syntax with the following parameters:
Date.UTC(year,month,day,hour,minute,second,millisecond)
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Parameter
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Required / Optional
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Description
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year
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Required
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Integer (with 4 digits
for years between 1000 and 9999).
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month
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Required
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Integer representing
month of year. Typically, will be in range 0 – 11. However, -1 will result
last month of previous year, 12 will result in first month of next year etc.
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day
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Optional
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Integer representing
day of month. Typically, will be in range 1 – 31. However, 0 will result in
last day of previous month, -1 the day before that etc., and e.g. 32 for a
30-day month will be second day of following month
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hour
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Optional
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Integer representing
hour. Typically, will be in range 0 – 23. However, e.g. -1 will result in the
last hour of the previous day, 24 will result in the first hour of the next
day, etc.
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minute
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Optional
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Integer representing
minutes. Typically, will be in range 0 – 59. However, e.g. -1 will result in
last minute of previous hour, 60 will result in first minute of next hour,
etc.
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second
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Optional
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Integer representing
seconds. Typically, will be in range 0 – 59. However, e.g. 0 will result in
last second of previous minute, 60 will result in first second of next
minute, etc.
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millisecond
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Optional
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Integer representing
milliseconds. Typically, will be in range 0 – 999. However, e.g. 0 will
result in last millisecond of previous second, 1000 will result in first
millisecond of next second, etc.
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