UTC( )

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Returns time equivalent of the specified date/time parameters using GMT, in milliseconds.

Syntax

Date.UTC(<year expN>, <month expN>, <day expN>
   [, <hours expN> [, <minutes expN> [, <seconds expN>]]])

<year expN>

The year.

<month expN>

A number representing the month, between 0 and 11: zero for January, one for February, and so on, up to 11 for December.

<day expN>

The day of the month, from 1 to 31.

<hours expN>

The hours portion of the time, from 0 to 23.

<minutes expN>

The minutes portion of the time, from 0 to 59.

<seconds expN>

The seconds portion of the time, from 0 to 59.

Property of

Date

Description

UTC( ) returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT, using the specified date/time parameters, and assumes GMT as the local time zone. In contrast, the parse( ) method takes a string as a parameter, and uses the operating system’s current time zone setting as the default.

Because UTC( ) is a static class method, you call it via the Date class, not a Date object.