The Javascript date.getUTCMonth() method is used to fetch the month according to universal time from a given Date object.
Syntax:
DateObj.getUTCMonth();
Parameters: This method does not accept any parameter. It is just used along with a Date Object from which we want to fetch months.
Return Values: It returns the months for the given date object according to universal time. Months is an integer value ranging from 0 to 11. Zero (0) means January, 1 means February, and so on till 11 means December.
Example 1: Below is an example of the Date.getUTCMonth() method.
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// Here a date has been assigned according // to universal time while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date('October 15, 1996 23:35:32 GMT+11:00');// Month from above date object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth().let B = dateobj.getUTCMonth();// Printing month according // to universal time.console.log(B); |
Output:
9
Note: In the above syntax, DateObj is a valid Date object created using the Date() constructor from which we want to fetch the month.
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. Month shall not be existed according to universal time if the date of 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 23:35:32 GMT+11:00');// Month from above date object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth().let B = dateobj.getUTCMonth();// Printing month according to universal time.console.log(B); |
Output:
NaN
Example 3: If the month is not given to the Date() constructor while creating a Date object, then the getUTCMonth() method returns zero (0) 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('1996 23:35:32 GMT+11:00');// Month from above date object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth().let B = dateobj.getUTCMonth();// Printing month according to universal time.console.log(B); |
Output:
0
Example 4: If nothing as a parameter is given to the Date() constructor while creating a Date object, the getUTCMonth() method returns the current month according to universal time.
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// creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date();// Month from above date object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth().let B = dateobj.getUTCMonth();// Printing current month // according to universal time.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 the JavaScript Date getUTCMonth() 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
