Date.prototype.getUTCDate() - JavaScript | MDN

Try it

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

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® 2027 Language Specification
# sec-date.prototype.getutcdate

Browser compatibility

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