JavaScript Date getUTCHours() Method
Below is the example of Date getUTCHours() method.
- Example:
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<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.
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<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.
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<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:
13
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.
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<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:
18
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript Date getUTCHours() method are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Internet Explorer 4 and above
- Opera 4 and above
- Safari 1 and above
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