Date setUTCMinutes() Method - Javascript Date

Javascript examples for Date:setUTCMinutes

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Description

The setUTCMinutes() method sets the minutes of a date object, according to UTC time.

UTC time is the same as GMT time.

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
min Required. An integer representing the minutes.
sec Optional. An integer representing the seconds
millisec Optional. An integer representing the milliseconds

min expected values are 0-59, but other values are allowed:

  • -1 sets the last minute of the previous hour
  • 60 sets the first minute of the next hour

sec expected values are 0-59, but other values are allowed:

  • -1 sets the last second of the previous minute
  • 60 sets the first second of the next minute

millisec expected values are 0-999, but other values are allowed:

  • -1 sets the last millisecond of the previous second
  • 1000 sets the first millisecond of the next second

Return Value:

A Number, representing the number of milliseconds between the date object and midnight January 1 1970

The following code shows how to display the date after setting the time to be 90 minutes ago.

Demo Code

ResultView the demo in separate window 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {//from  w w  w.  ja  va 2  s.c  o  m
    var d = new Date();
    d.setUTCMinutes(d.getUTCMinutes() - 90);
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = d;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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