Javascript date setTime()method sets the Date object to the time represented by a number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
Its syntax is as follows −
Date.setTime(timeValue)
Note − Parameters in the bracket are always optional.
timeValue − An integer representing the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
Try the following example.
<html> <head> <title>JavaScript setTime Method</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var dt = new Date( "Aug 28, 2008 23:30:00" ); dt.setTime( 5000000 ); document.write( dt ); </script> </body> </html>
Thu Jan 01 1970 06:53:20 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)