How to use getUTCday in JavaScript
In this article, I will explain use of getUTCday() method in JavaScript date object.
JavaScript date getUTCday() method
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getUTCday() method of date object returns the day of the week for the specified date according to UTC.
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In getUTCday() method, The returned value is an integer corresponding to the day of the week. as like 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on.
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UTC is The Universal Coordinated Time. UTC time is the same as GMT time
Syntax
Example
In the following example show to getUTCday() method returns the day of the week of a given date and current date according to UTC.
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h3 style="color:ActiveCaption ">JavaScript getUTCDay() Method Example</h3>
<p id="demo">Click for display the day of the week, according to UTC.</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
function myFunction() {
var d = new Date();
var weekday = new Array(7);
weekday[0] = "Sunday";
weekday[1] = "Monday";
weekday[2] = "Tuesday";
weekday[3] = "Wednesday";
weekday[4] = "Thursday";
weekday[5] = "Friday";
weekday[6] = "Saturday";
var x = document.getElementById("demo");
document.write("Current UTC day is: " + weekday[d.getUTCDay()]);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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