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Date.UTC() 277
Date.UTC()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
Date.UTC(year:Number, month:Number [, date:Number [, hour:Number [,
minute:Number [, second:Number [, millisecond:Number ]]]]]) : Number
Parameters
year
A four-digit integer that represents the year (for example, 2000).
month An integer from 0 (January) to 11 (December).
date An integer from 1 to 31. This parameter is optional.
hour An integer from 0 (midnight) to 23 (11 p.m.).
minute An integer from 0 to 59. This parameter is optional.
second An integer from 0 to 59. This parameter is optional.
millisecond An integer from 0 to 999. This parameter is optional.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the number of milliseconds between midnight on January 1, 1970, universal
time, and the time specified in the parameters. This is a static method that is invoked through the
Date object constructor, not through a specific Date object. This method lets you create a Date
object that assumes universal time, whereas the Date constructor assumes local time.
Example
The following example creates a new maryBirthday_date Date object defined in universal time.
This is the universal time variation of the example used for the
new Date constructor method.
var maryBirthday_date:Date = new Date(Date.UTC(1974, 7, 12));
trace(maryBirthday_date);
// output will be in local time and will vary accordingly
// for Pacific Daylight Time the output will be seven hours earlier than UTC:
// Sun Aug 11 17:00:00 GMT-0700 1974