Date.prototype.getUTCMilliseconds()

The getUTCMilliseconds() method returns the milliseconds portion of the time object's value.

Syntax

getUTCMilliseconds()

Return value

An integer number, between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds portion of the given date object. This method is a companion to the other UTC based methods that give hour portion, minute portion, etc.; this method gives milliseconds portion.

Not to be confused with Unix epoch time. To get total milliseconds since 1970/01/01, use the method ".getTime()".

Examples

Using getUTCMilliseconds()

The following example assigns the milliseconds portion of the current time to the variable milliseconds.

var today = new Date();
var milliseconds = today.getUTCMilliseconds();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Date.prototype.getMilliseconds()
• Date.prototype.setUTCMilliseconds()