JavaScript Date setUTCDate()

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Example

Set the day of the month, according to UTC:

const d = new Date();
d.setUTCDate(15);
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Description

The setUTCDate() method sets the day of a Date object, 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).

Browser Support

setUTCDate() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

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

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Syntax

Date.setUTCDate(day)

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
day Required. An integer representing the day of a month.

Expected values are 1-31, but other values are allowed:

  • 0 will result in the last day of the previous month
  • -1 will result in the day before the last day of the previous month

If the month has 31 days:

  • 32 will result in the first day of the next month

If the month has 30 days:

  • 32 will result in the second day of the next month

Technical Details

Return Value: A Number, representing the number of milliseconds between the date object and midnight January 1 1970
JavaScript Version: ECMAScript 1

More Examples

Example

Set the day of the month to the last day of the previous month:

const d = new Date();
d.setUTCDate(0);
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Example

Set the day of the month to a specified date:

const d = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00");
d.setUTCDate(15);
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Related Pages:

JavaScript Dates

JavaScript Date Formats

JavaScript Date Get Methods

JavaScript Date Set Methods

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