JavaScript Date getUTCDay() Method

Definition and Usage

getUTCDay() The method returns the day of the week for a specified date based on UTC (from 0 to 6).

Note:Sunday is 0, Monday is 1, and so on.

When calculating dates, the UTC method assumes that the date object is local time and date.

Tip:Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the standard time set by the world time standard.

Note:UTC time is the same as GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time).

Example

Example 1

Returns the day of the week based on UTC:

var d = new Date();
var n = d.getUTCDay();

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Example 2

Returns the name of weekday (not just the number):

var d = new Date();
var weekday = new Array();
weekday[0] = "Sunday";
weekday[1] = "Monday";
weekday[2] = "Tuesday";
weekday[3] = "Wednesday";
weekday[4] = "Thursday";
weekday[5] = "Friday";
weekday[6] = "Saturday";
var n = weekday[d.getUTCDay()];

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Syntax

Date.getUTCDay()

Parameters

No parameters.

Technical Details

Return Value: Numeric values, from 0 to 6, represent the day of the week.
JavaScript Version: ECMAScript 1

Browser Support

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Related Pages

Tutorial:JavaScript Date

Tutorial:JavaScript Date Format

Tutorial:JavaScript Object Constructor