Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025
The date.getUTCDay() method is used to fetch the day of a week according to universal time from a given Date object (ranging from 0 to 6, where 0 represents Sunday).
Syntax:
DateObj.getUTCDay();
Parameter: This method does not accept any parameter. It is just used along with a Date Object from which we want to fetch the date of the month according to universal time.
Return Values: It returns the date of the month for the given date object according to universal time. The date of the month is an integer value ranging from 1 to 31.
Example 1: Below is an example of the Date getUTCDay() method.
javascript
// If nothing is in parameter it takes
// the current date while creating Date object
let date = new Date();
// Date of the month from above date object
// is being extracted using getUTCDay().
let getUTC = date.getUTCDay();
// Printing day of the week
console.log(getUTC);
Output:
1
Example 2: The date of the month should lie between 1 to 31 because none of the months have a date greater than 31 that is why it returns NaN i.e, not a number because the date for the month does not exist.
javascript
// Here a date has been assigned according
// to universal time while creating a Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October 33, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-11:00');
// date of the month from above date object
// is being extracted using getUTCDay().
let B = dateobj.getUTCDay();
// Printing day of the week
console.log(B);
Output:
NaN
Example 3: If the date of the month is not given then by default getUTCDay() function returns 1 according to universal time. It is an exceptional case.
javascript
// Here a date has been assigned according to
// universal time while creating Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October 1996 05:35:32 GMT-11:00');
// date of the month from above date object is
// extracted using getUTCDay().
let B = dateobj.getUTCDay();
// Printing day of the week
console.log(B);
Output:
2
We have a complete list of Javascript Javascript Date methods, to check those please go through the Javascript Date Object Complete Reference article.
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript Date getUTCDay() method are listed below:
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