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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > Date > setTime (Date.setTime method)

setTime (Date.setTime method)

Sets the date for the specified Date object in milliseconds since midnight on January 1, 1970, and returns the new time in milliseconds.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Parameters

millisecond:Number - A number; an integer value where 0 is midnight on January 1, universal time.

Returns

Number - An integer.

Example

The following example initially creates a new Date object, setting the time and date to 8:00 a.m. on May 15, 2004, and uses Date.setTime() to change the time to 8:30 a.m.:

var my_date:Date = new Date(2004,4,15,8,0,0);
var myDate_num:Number = my_date.getTime(); // convert my_date to milliseconds
myDate_num += 30 * 60 * 1000; // add 30 minutes in milliseconds
my_date.setTime(myDate_num); // set my_date Date object 30 minutes forward
trace(my_date.getFullYear()); // output: 2004
trace(my_date.getMonth()); // output: 4
trace(my_date.getDate()); // output: 15
trace(my_date.getHours()); // output: 8
trace(my_date.getMinutes()); // output: 30

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