User Guide

268 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
Date.setUTCDate()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_date.setUTCDate(date:Number) : Number
Parameters
date
A number; an integer from 1 to 31.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; sets the date for the specified Date object in universal time and returns the new time in
milliseconds. Calling this method does not modify the other fields of the specified Date object,
but Date.getUTCDay() and Date.getDay() can report a new value if the day of the week changes
as a result of calling this method.
Example
The following example initially creates a new Date object with today’s date, uses
Date.setUTCDate() to change the date value to 10, and changes it again to 25:
var my_date:Date = new Date();
my_date.setUTCDate(10);
trace(my_date.getUTCDate()); // output: 10
my_date.setUTCDate(25);
trace(my_date.getUTCDate()); // output: 25