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

The getUTCHours() method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the hours for this date according to universal time.

{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Date.prototype.getUTCHours()")}}

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");

console.log(date1.getUTCHours());
// Expected output: 12

console.log(date2.getUTCHours());
// Expected output: 10

Syntax

getUTCHours()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 23, representing the hours for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

Using getUTCHours()

The following example assigns the hours portion of the current time to the variable hours.

const today = new Date();
const hours = today.getUTCHours();

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getHours()")}}
• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setUTCHours()")}}