Date.prototype.getUTCDay()
The getUTCDay() method returns the day of the week in the
specified date according to universal time, where 0 represents Sunday.
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Syntax
getUTCDay()
Return value
A number.
If the Date object represents a valid date, 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.
Otherwise, NaN
if the Date object doesn't represent a valid date.
Examples
Using getUTCDay()
The following example assigns the weekday portion of the current date to the variable
weekday.
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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