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title: Date.prototype.getUTCDay()
short-title: getUTCDay()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getUTCDay
page-type: javascript-instance-method
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.Date.getUTCDay
sidebar: jsref
---
The **`getUTCDay()`** method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the day of the week for this date according to universal time, where 0 represents Sunday.
{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Date.prototype.getUTCDay()")}}
```js interactive-example
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");
// Tuesday
console.log(date1.getUTCDay());
// Expected output: 2
// Wednesday
console.log(date2.getUTCDay());
// Expected output: 3
```
## Syntax
```js-nolint
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. Returns `NaN` if the date is [invalid](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date#the_epoch_timestamps_and_invalid_date).
## Examples
### Using getUTCDay()
The following example assigns the weekday portion of the current date to the variable `weekday`.
```js
const today = new Date();
const weekday = today.getUTCDay();
```
## Specifications
{{Specifications}}
## Browser compatibility
{{Compat}}
## See also
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getUTCDate()")}}
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getDay()")}}
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setUTCDate()")}}
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