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getUTCDay

Summary

Gets the day of the week using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

Syntax

dateObj.getUTCDay()

Return Value

Returns an integer between 0 (Sunday) and 6 (Saturday) that represents the day of the week.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the getUTCDay method.

var date = new Date("2/6/2001");
 var day = date.getUTCDay();
 document.write(day);

 // Output: 2

Remarks

The required dateObj reference is a Date object. To get the day of the week using local time, use the getDate method.

See also

Other articles

Attributions

  • Microsoft Developer Network: Article