The date.getUTCDay() method is used to fetch the day of a week according to universal time from a given Date object (ranging from 0 to 6, where 0 represents Sunday).
Syntax:
DateObj.getUTCDay();
Parameter: This method does not accept any parameter. It is just used along with a Date Object from which we want to fetch the date of the month according to universal time.
Return Values: It returns the date of the month for the given date object according to universal time. The date of the month is an integer value ranging from 1 to 31.
Example 1: Below is an example of the Date getUTCDay() method.
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// If nothing is in parameter it takes // the current date while creating Date object let date = new Date();// Date of the month from above date object// is being extracted using getUTCDay().let getUTC = date.getUTCDay();// Printing day of the week console.log(getUTC); |
Output:
1
Example 2: The date of the month should lie between 1 to 31 because none of the months have a date greater than 31 that is why it returns NaN i.e, not a number because the date for the month does not exist.
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// Here a date has been assigned according // to universal time while creating a Date objectlet dateobj = new Date('October 33, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-11:00');// date of the month from above date object// is being extracted using getUTCDay().let B = dateobj.getUTCDay();// Printing day of the week console.log(B); |
Output:
NaN
Example 3: If the date of the month is not given then by default getUTCDay() function returns 1 according to universal time. It is an exceptional case.
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// Here a date has been assigned according to // universal time while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date('October 1996 05:35:32 GMT-11:00');// date of the month from above date object is// extracted using getUTCDay().let B = dateobj.getUTCDay();// Printing day of the week console.log(B); |
Output:
2
We have a complete list of Javascript Javascript Date methods, to check those please go through the Javascript Date Object Complete Reference article.
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript Date getUTCDay() method are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Internet Explorer 4 and above
- Opera 4 and above
- Safari 1 and above
