Definition and Usage The setUTCMonth() method is used to set the month according to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). Syntax dateObj...
Definition and Usage
The setUTCMonth() method is used to set the month according to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
Syntax
dateObject.setUTCMonth(month,day) |
| Parameter | Description |
| month | Required. A numeric value between 0 and 11 representing the month |
| dayn | Optional. A numeric value between 1 and 31 representing the day |
Tips and Notes
Note: The value set by setUTCMonth() is a number between 0 and 11. January is 0, February is 1 and so on.
Tip: The Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) is the time set by the World Time Standard.
Example 1
In this example we set the month to 0 (January) with the setUTCMonth() method:
<script type="text/javascript"> var d=new Date();
d.setUTCMonth(0);
document.write(d); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
Wed Jan 11 2012 14:56:38 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
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Example 2
In this example we set the month to 0 (January) and the day to 20 with the setUTCMonth() method:
<script type="text/javascript"> var d=new Date();
d.setUTCMonth(0,20);
document.write(d); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
Fri Jan 20 2012 14:56:38 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
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