ThegetUTCDay() method ofDate 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");// Tuesdayconsole.log(date1.getUTCDay());// Expected output: 2// Wednesdayconsole.log(date2.getUTCDay());// Expected output: 3

Syntax

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. ReturnsNaN if the date isinvalid.

Examples

Using getUTCDay()

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

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Date.prototype.getUTCDate()
• Date.prototype.getDay()
• Date.prototype.setUTCDate()