Date.setMilliseconds()

Sets the milliseconds of a date object

The setMilliseconds() method sets the milliseconds for a specified date according to local time.

var event = new Date('August 19, 1975 23:15:30');

console.log(event.getMilliseconds());
// expected output: 0

event.setMilliseconds(456);

console.log(event.getMilliseconds());
// expected output: 456

Syntax

dateObj.setMilliseconds(millisecondsValue)

Parameters

millisecondsValueA number between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds.

Return value

The number of milliseconds between 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC and the updated date.

Description

If you specify a number outside the expected range, the date information in the Dateobject is updated accordingly. For example, if you specify 1005, the number of seconds is incremented by 1, and 5 is used for the milliseconds.

Examples

Using setMilliseconds()

var theBigDay = new Date();
theBigDay.setMilliseconds(100);

References

Contributors to this page

Uros Durdevic

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