JavaScript Date setUTCDate() Method

The date.setUTCDate() method is used to set the date of a month according to universal time into a date object which is created using the Date() constructor.

Syntax:

DateObj.setUTCDate(date_Value);

Parameter: This method accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

• date_Value This parameter holds the value of the data which we want to set in the date object created using the Date() constructor.

Return Values: It returns the new i.e. updated date of the month which is set by the setUTCDate() method. The date of the month is an integer value ranging from 1 to 31. More codes for the above method are as follows: 

Below is an example of the Date.setUTCDate() method.

Example 1:

Javascript

// Here a date has been assigned according
// to universal time while creating Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');

// New date 15 of the month is being set in above
// Date Object with the help of setDate() method
dateobj.setUTCDate(15);

// New date of the month according to universal
// time from above Date Object is being extracted
// using getDate()
let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();

// Printing new date of the month
console.log(B);

Output:

15

Example 2: Here as we know the date of the month, lies between 1 to 31 but if we try to set the date as 33, it will set the date as 2 for the next month because 33-31=2, and this date is 2 becomes the date for next of the previous month. In the above output, 2 is the date of the November month and 10 is the month of November because the month name starts from 0 to 11 i.e, 0 for January and 11 for December. 

Javascript

// Here a date according to universal time has
// been assigned while creating Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');

// New date 33 of the month is being set in above
// Date Object with the help of setUTCDate() function
dateobj.setUTCDate(33);

// New date of the month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getUTCDate()
let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();

// New month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getUTCMonth()
let C = dateobj.getUTCMonth();

// Printing new date of the month
console.log(B);

// Printing new month
document.write(C);

Output:

2
10

Example 3: If in the Date() constructor we do not give any date of the month while creating the date object, still the setUTCDate() method will be able to set a new date which is given as its parameter in the created date object. 

Javascript

// Here date according to universal time has
// not been assigned while creating Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');

// New date 12 of the month is being set in above Date
// Object with the help of setUTCDate() method
dateobj.setUTCDate(12);

// New date of the month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getUTCDate()
let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();

// Printing new date of the month
console.log(B);

Output:

12

Example 4: If nothing as a parameter is given in the Date() constructor, still setDate() function will be able to set the date but the month remains the current ones. 

Javascript

// Here nothing has been assigned
// while creating Date object
let dateobj = new Date();

// new date 13 of the month is being set in above
// Date Object with the help of setUTCDate() method
dateobj.setUTCDate(13);

// Date of the month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getUTCDate()
let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();

// Month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getUTCMonth()
let C = dateobj.getUTCMonth();

// Printing new date of the month
console.log(B);

// Printing new month
console.log(C);

Output:

13
3

Example 5: If the new date of the month is set to zero (0), the new date will be set to the last day of the previous month. 

Javascript

// Here a date according to universal time
// has been assigned while creating Date object
let dateobj =
new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');

// New date 0 of the month is being set in above
// Date Object with the help of setUTCDate() method
dateobj.setUTCDate(0);

// Date of the month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getUTCDate()
let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();

// Month from above Date Object is
// being extracted using getUTCMonth()
let C = dateobj.getUTCMonth();

// Printing new date of the month
console.log(B);

// Printing new month
console.log(C);

Output:

30
8

We have a complete list of Javascript Date Objects, to check those please go through this Javascript Date Object Complete reference article.

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

• Google Chrome
• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

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