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metadata

title: Date.prototype.getDate()
short-title: getDate()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getDate
page-type: javascript-instance-method
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.Date.getDate
sidebar: jsref

The getDate() method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the day of the month for this date according to local time.

{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Date.prototype.getDate()", "shorter")}}

const birthday = new Date("August 19, 1975 23:15:30");
const date = birthday.getDate();

console.log(date);
// Expected output: 19

Syntax

getDate()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 1 and 31, representing the day of the month for the given date according to local time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

Using getDate()

The day variable has value 25, based on the value of the {{jsxref("Date")}} object xmas95.

const xmas95 = new Date("1995-12-25T23:15:30");
const day = xmas95.getDate();

console.log(day); // 25

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getUTCDate()")}}
• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getUTCDay()")}}
• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setDate()")}}