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Date.getUTCMonth() 257
Date.getUTCMonth()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_date.getUTCMonth() : Number
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the month (0 [January] to 11 [December]) of the specified Date object,
according to universal time.
Example
The following example creates a new Date object and uses Date.getUTCMonth() and
Date.getMonth(). The value returned by
Date.getUTCMonth() can differ from the value
returned by
Date.getMonth() if today’s date is the first or last day of a month, depending on the
relationship between your local time zone and universal time.
var today_date:Date = new Date();
trace(today_date.getMonth()); // output based on local timezone
trace(today_date.getUTCMonth()); // output equals getMonth() plus or minus 1