Date.prototype.getUTCMonth() - JavaScript | MDN

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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");

// December
console.log(date1.getUTCMonth());
// Expected output: 11

// January
console.log(date2.getUTCMonth());
// Expected output: 0

Syntax

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 11, representing the month for the given date according to universal time: 0 for January, 1 for February, and so on. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

Using getUTCMonth()

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

js

const today = new Date();
const month = today.getUTCMonth();

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2027 Language Specification
# sec-date.prototype.getutcmonth

Browser compatibility

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