Date.getUTCDay()

Returns the day of the week, according to universal time (from 0-6)

The getUTCDay() method returns the day of the week in the specified date according to universal time, where 0 represents Sunday.

var date1 = new Date('August 19, 1975 23:15:30 GMT+11:00');
var 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

dateObj.getUTCDay()

Return value

An integer number 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.

Examples

Using getUTCDay()

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

var today = new Date();
var weekday = today.getUTCDay();

References

Date.prototype.getUTCDay() - JavaScript | MDN

Contributors to this page

Uros Durdevic