Date.prototype.getUTCDay()
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. Itâs been available across browsers since â¨July 2015â©.
The getUTCDay() method of Date instances returns the day of the week for this date according to universal time, where 0 represents Sunday.
Try it
const date1 = new Date("August 19, 1975 23:15:30 GMT+11:00");
const 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
js
getUTCDay()
Parameters
None.
Return value
An integer 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. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.
Examples
Using getUTCDay()
The following example assigns the weekday portion of the current date to the variable weekday.
js
const today = new Date();
const weekday = today.getUTCDay();
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.getutcday |