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Set Milliseconds Method

The Set Milliseconds method sets the millisecond of a date object to a date expressed in milliseconds relative to the system time. The value of dateVar becomes equivalent to the number of milliseconds from the time on the system clock. You can use a positive number for a later time and a negative number for an earlier time.

Format

dateVar.setMilliseconds(millisecond)

Table 68 describes the arguments for the Set Milliseconds method.

Example

The following example accepts a number of milliseconds as input and converts it to the date relative to the date and time in the computer clock:

function test2_Click ()
{
   var aDate = new Date;
   var milli = 7200000;
   aDate.setMilliseconds(milli);
   var aYear = aDate.getFullYear();
   var aMonth = aDate.getMonth() + 1;
   var aDay = aDate.getDate();
   var anHour = aDate.getHours();

   switch(anHour)
   {
      case 0:
         anHour = " 12 midnight.";
         break;
      case 12:
         anHour = " 12 noon.";
         break;
      default:
         if (anHour > 11 )
            anHour = (anHour - 12 ) + " P.M.";
         else
            anHour = anHour + " A.M.";
   }

   TheApplication().RaiseErrorText("The specified date is " + aMonth + "/" + aDay + "/" + aYear + " at " + anHour);
}

The number 7200000 milliseconds is two hours. If you run this code on November 22, 2005 between 3 P.M. and 4 P.M., then it provides the following result:

The specified date is 11/22/2005 at 5 P.M.