JavaScript setUTCMonth() Method

Complete Date Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The setUTCMonth() method is used to set the month according to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

Syntax

dateObject.setUTCMonth(month,day)

Tips and Notes

Note: The value set by setUTCMonth() is a number between 0 and 11. January is 0, February is 1 and so on.

Tip: The Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) is the time set by the World Time Standard.

Example 1

In this example we set the month to 0 (January) with the setUTCMonth() method:

<script type="text/javascript">

var d=new Date();
d.setUTCMonth(0);
document.write(d);

</script>

The output of the code above will be:

Example 2

In this example we set the month to 0 (January) and the day to 20 with the setUTCMonth() method:

<script type="text/javascript">

var d=new Date();
d.setUTCMonth(0,20);
document.write(d);

</script>

The output of the code above will be:

Try-It-Yourself Demos

setUTCMonth()
How to use setUTCMonth() to set the month.

Complete Date Object Reference

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