Date.prototype.getUTCDate()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The getUTCDate() method of Date instances returns the day of the month for this date according to universal time.

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Syntax

js
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.

js
const today = new Date();
const dayOfMonth = today.getUTCDate();

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-date.prototype.getutcdate

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