Date.getUTCMonth()

Returns the month, according to univer

The getUTCMonth() returns the month of the specified date according to universal time, as a zero-based value (where zero indicates the first month of the year).

var date1 = new Date('December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT+11:00');
var date2 = new Date('December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT-11:00');

// December
console.log(date1.getUTCMonth());
// expected output: 11

// January
console.log(date2.getUTCMonth());
// expected output: 0

Syntax

dateObj.getUTCMonth()

Return value

An integer number, between 0 and 11, corresponding to the month of the given date according to universal time. 0 for January, 1 for February, 2 for March, and so on.

Examples

Using getUTCMonth()

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

var today = new Date();
var month = today.getUTCMonth();

References

Date.prototype.getUTCMonth() - JavaScript | MDN

Contributors to this page

Uros Durdevic