JavaScript Date getUTCMonth() Method

Definition and Usage

getUTCMonth() The method returns the month of the specified date according to the universal time (from 0 to 11).

Note: January is 0, February 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 month in UTC:

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

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Example 3

Returns the name of the month in UTC (not just the number):

var d = new Date();
var month = new Array(12);
month[0] = "January";
month[1] = "February";
month[2] = "March";
month[3] = "April";
month[4] = "May";
month[5] = "June";
month[6] = "July";
month[7] = "August";
month[8] = "September";
month[9] = "October";
month[10] = "November";
month[11] = "December";
var n = month[d.getUTCMonth()];

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Syntax

Date.getUTCMonth()

Parameter

No parameters.

Technical Details

Return Value: Numeric value, from 0 to 11, representing the month.
JavaScript Version: ECMAScript 1

Browser Support

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Related Pages

Tutorial:JavaScript Date

Tutorial:JavaScript Date Format

Tutorial:JavaScript Object Constructor