Definition and Usage The getUTCMonth() method returns a number that represents a month according to the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). ...
Definition and Usage
The getUTCMonth() method returns a number that represents a month according to the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).Syntax
dateObject.getUTCMonth() |
Tips and Notes
Note: The value returned by getUTCMonth() is a number between 0 and 11. January is 0, February is 1 and so on.Note: This method is always used in conjunction with a Date object.
Tip: The Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) is the time set by the World Time Standard.
Example
In this example we get the current month and print it:<script type="text/javascript"> var d=new Date(); document.write(d.getUTCMonth()); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
4 |
Example 2
Now we will create an array to get our example to write the name of the month, and not just a number:| <script type="text/javascript"> var d=new Date() var month=new Array(12); month[0]="January"; month[1]="February"; month[2]="March"; month[3]="April"; month[4]="May"; month[5]="June"; month[6]="July"; month[7]="August"; month[8]="September"; month[9]="October"; month[10]="November"; month[11]="December"; document.write("The month is " + month[d.getUTCMonth()]); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
The month is May |
