Date.prototype.getUTCDay() - 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");
// Tuesday
console.log(date1.getUTCDay());
// Expected output: 2
// Wednesday
console.log(date2.getUTCDay());
// Expected output: 3
Syntax
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.
js
const today = new Date();
const weekday = today.getUTCDay();
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.getutcday |