JavaScript Date setUTCMilliseconds()

Example

Set the milliseconds to 192, according to UTC time:

const d = new Date();
d.setUTCMilliseconds(192);
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Description

The setUTCMilliseconds() method sets the milliseconds (from 0 to 999) of a date object, according to UTC.

Notes

UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is the time set by the World Time Standard.

UTC time is the same as GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time).


Browser Support

setUTCMilliseconds() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:

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Syntax

Date.setUTCMilliseconds(millisec)

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
millisec Required. An integer representing the milliseconds

Expected values are 0-999, but other values are allowed:

  • -1 will result in the last millisecond of the previous second
  • 1000 will result in the first millisecond of the next second
  • 1001 will result in the second millisecond of the next second

Technical Details

Return Value: A Number, representing the number of milliseconds between the date object and midnight January 1 1970
JavaScript Version: ECMAScript 1
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