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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()")}}

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

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.

Examples

Using getUTCDay()

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

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()")}}