Date.prototype.getHours()
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
ThegetHours() method ofDate instances returns the hours for this date according to local time.
Try it
const birthday = new Date("March 13, 08 04:20");console.log(birthday.getHours());// Expected output: 4Syntax
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getHours()Parameters
None.
Return value
An integer, between 0 and 23, representing the hours for the given date according to local time. ReturnsNaN if the date isinvalid.
Examples
Using getHours()
Thehours variable has value23, based on the value of theDate objectxmas95.
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const xmas95 = new Date("1995-12-25T23:15:30");const hours = xmas95.getHours();console.log(hours); // 23Specifications
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| ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.gethours |