Date.prototype.getUTCDate()

The getUTCDate() method of Date instances returns the day of the month for this date according to universal time.

Try it

const date1 = new Date("August 19, 1975 23:15:30 GMT+11:00");
const date2 = new Date("August 19, 1975 23:15:30 GMT-11:00");

console.log(date1.getUTCDate());
// Expected output: 19

console.log(date2.getUTCDate());
// Expected output: 20

Syntax

js
getUTCDate()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 1 and 31, representing day of month for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

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Using getUTCDate()

The following example assigns the day of month of the current date to the variable dayOfMonth.

js
const today = new Date();
const dayOfMonth = today.getUTCDate();

Specifications

See also