JavaScript Date getUTCHours() Method

Last Updated : 29 Jun, 2020

Below is the example of Date getUTCHours() method.

Example:

<script> 
   // Here a date has been assigned according 
   // to universal time while creating Date object 
   var dateobj = 
   new Date('October 15, 1996 23:35:32 GMT+11:00'); 
  
   // hour from above date object is being 
   //  extracted using getUTCHours(). 
   var B = dateobj.getUTCHours(); 
  
   // Printing hour according to universal time. 
   document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:
```
12
```

The date.getUTCHours() method is used to fetch the hours according to universal time from a given Date object.

Syntax:

DateObj.getUTCHours();

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameter. It is just used along with a Date Object from which we want to fetch hours according to universal time.

Return Values: It returns the hours for the given date object according to universal time. Hours is an integer value ranging from 0 to 23.

Note: The DateObj is a valid Date object created using Date() conctructor from which we want to fetch hours according to universal time.

More codes for the above method are as follows:

Program 1: The date of the month should lie in between 1 to 31 because none of the months have a date greater than 31 that is why it returns NaN i.e, not a number because the date for the month does not exist. Hours will not be existed according to universal time if the date of the month does not exist.

<script> 
   // Here a date has been assigned according  
   // to universal time while creating Date object 
   var dateobj =  
   new Date('October 33, 1996 23:35:32 GMT+11:00'); 
  
   // Hour from above date object is 
   // being extracted using getUTCHours(). 
   var B = dateobj.getUTCHours(); 
  
   // Printing hour according to universal time. 
   document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:

NaN

Program 2: If hours is not given while creating Date object, the getUTCHours() method returns zero (0) but output is printed as 13 because according to universal time 0 is represented as 13. It is an exception case.

<script> 
   // Here a date has been assigned according  
   // to universal time while creating Date object 
   var dateobj =  
   new Date('October 13, 1996 GMT+11:00'); 
  
   // Hour from above date object is 
   // being extracted using getUTCHours(). 
   var B = dateobj.getUTCHours(); 
  
   // Printing hour according to universal time. 
   document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:

Program 3: If nothing as parameter is given to the Date() constructor while creating Date object, the getUTCHours() method returns current hour according to universal time.

<script> 
   // creating Date Object 
   var dateobj = new Date(); 
  
   // hour from above date object is 
   // being extracted using getUTCHours(). 
   var B = dateobj.getUTCHours(); 
  
   // Printing current hour according  
   // to universal time. 
   document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript Date getUTCHours() method are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Safari

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