Date.prototype.setTime() - JavaScript | MDN
Try it
const launchDate = new Date("July 1, 1999, 12:00:00");
const futureDate = new Date();
futureDate.setTime(launchDate.getTime());
console.log(futureDate);
// Expected output: "Thu Jul 01 1999 12:00:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)"
const fiveMinutesInMs = 5 * 60 * 1000;
futureDate.setTime(futureDate.getTime() + fiveMinutesInMs);
console.log(futureDate);
// Expected output: "Thu Jul 01 1999 12:05:00 GMT+0200 (CEST)"
// Note: your timezone may vary
Syntax
Parameters
timeValue-
An integer representing the new timestamp — the number of milliseconds since the midnight at the beginning of January 1, 1970, UTC.
Return value
Changes the Date object in place, and returns its new timestamp. If timeValue is NaN (or other values that get coerced to NaN, such as undefined), the date is set to Invalid Date and NaN is returned.
Examples
Using setTime()
js
const theBigDay = new Date("1999-07-01");
const sameAsBigDay = new Date();
sameAsBigDay.setTime(theBigDay.getTime());
Specifications
| Specification |
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| ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.settime |