JavaScript Date getUTCDate()

Examples

Get the UTC day:

const d = new Date();
let day = d.getUTCDate();
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Get the UTC day of the month from a specific, local date-time:

const d = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00");
let day = d.getUTCDate();
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Description

getUTCDate() returns the day of the month (1 to 31) of a date object.

getUTCDate() returns the day according to UTC.

Notes

UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is the time set by the World Time Standard.

UTC time is the same as GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time).

All JavaScript getUTC methods assume that the date is of local time.


Syntax

Date.getUTCDate()

Parameters

NONE

Return Value

Type Description
A numberThe day of the month (1 to 31) of a date, according to UTC.


Browser Support

getUTCDate() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:

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