metadata
title: Date.prototype.getUTCDate()
short-title: getUTCDate()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getUTCDate
page-type: javascript-instance-method
browser-compat: javascript.builtins.Date.getUTCDate
sidebar: jsref
The getUTCDate() method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the day of the month for this date according to universal time.
{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Date.prototype.getUTCDate()")}}
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");
console.log(date1.getUTCDate());
// Expected output: 19
console.log(date2.getUTCDate());
// Expected output: 20
Syntax
getUTCDate()
Parameters
None.
Return value
An integer, between 1 and 31, representing day of month for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.
Examples
Using getUTCDate()
The following example assigns the day of month of the current date to the variable dayOfMonth.
const today = new Date();
const dayOfMonth = today.getUTCDate();
Specifications
{{Specifications}}
Browser compatibility
{{Compat}}
See also
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getUTCDay()")}}
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getDay()")}}
- {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setUTCDate()")}}