syntax:

Date.UTC(year, month, day[, hours[, minutes[,

         seconds[, milliseconds]]]])

where:

year - A year, represented in four or two-digit format after 1900. NOTE: For year 2000 compliance, this year MUST be represented in four-digit format

month - A number between 0 (January) and 11 (December) representing the month

day - A number between 1 and 31 representing the day of the month. Note that Month uses 1 as its lowest value whereas many other arguments use 0

hours - A number between 0 (midnight) and 23 (11 PM) representing the hours

minutes - A number between 0 (one minute) and 59 (59 minutes) representing the minutes. This is an optional argument which may be omitted if Seconds and Minutes are omitted as well.

seconds - A number between 0 and 59 representing the seconds. This parameter is optional.

milliseconds - A number between 0 and 999 which represents the milliseconds. This is an optional parameter.

return:

number - milliseconds from midnight, January 1, 1970, to the date and time specified.

description:

The method interprets its parameters as a date. The parameters are interpreted as referring to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

see:

Date object, Date.parse(), Date setTime()

example:

// The following code creates a Date object

// using UTC time:

foo = new Date(Date.UTC(1998, 3, 9, 1, 0, 0, 8))