ThegetUTCMonth() method ofDate instances returns the month for this date according to universal time, as a zero-based value (where zero indicates the first month of the year).

Try it

const date1 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT+11:00");const date2 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT-11:00");// Decemberconsole.log(date1.getUTCMonth());// Expected output: 11// Januaryconsole.log(date2.getUTCMonth());// Expected output: 0

Syntax

getUTCMonth()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 11, representing the month for the given date according to universal time: 0 for January, 1 for February, and so on. ReturnsNaN if the date isinvalid.

Examples

Using getUTCMonth()

The following example assigns the month portion of the current date to the variablemonth.

const today = new Date();const month = today.getUTCMonth();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Date.prototype.getMonth()
• Date.prototype.setUTCMonth()