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      • Date.getSeconds()
      • Date.getTime()
      • Date.getTimezoneOffset()
      • Date.getUTCDate()
      • Date.getUTCDay()
      • Date.getUTCFullYear()
      • Date.getUTCHours()
      • Date.getUTCMilliseconds()
      • Date.getUTCMinutes()
      • Date.getUTCMonth()
      • Date.getUTCSeconds()
      • Date.setDate()
      • Date.setFullYear()
      • Date.setHours()
      • Date.setMilliseconds()
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      • Date.setMonth()
      • Date.setSeconds()
      • Date.setTime()
      • Date.setUTCDate()
      • Date.setUTCFullYear()
      • Date.setUTCHours()
      • Date.setUTCMilliseconds()
      • Date.setUTCMinutes()
      • Date.setUTCMonth()
      • Date.setUTCSeconds()
      • Date.toDateString()
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      • Date.toJSON()
      • Date.toLocaleDateString()
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      • Date.toUTCString()
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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

Contributors to this page

Uros Durdevic

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