Date.prototype.getUTCDay()

The getUTCDay() method of Date instances returns the day of the week for this date according to universal time, where 0 represents Sunday.

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");

// Tuesday
console.log(date1.getUTCDay());
// Expected output: 2

// Wednesday
console.log(date2.getUTCDay());
// Expected output: 3

Syntax

js
getUTCDay()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer corresponding to the day of the week for the given date according to universal time: 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

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Using getUTCDay()

The following example assigns the weekday portion of the current date to the variable weekday.

js
const today = new Date();
const weekday = today.getUTCDay();

Specifications

See also