Date.prototype.getUTCDay()
The getUTCDay()
method of Date
instances returns the day of the week for this date according to universal time, where 0 represents Sunday.
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Syntax
js
getUTCDay()
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 |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.getutcday |
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