Date.prototype.getUTCMonth()

The getUTCMonth() method of {{jsxref("Date")}} instances returns the month for this date according to universal time, as a zero-based value (where zero indicates the first month of the year).

{{InteractiveExample("JavaScript Demo: Date.prototype.getUTCMonth()")}}

```js interactive-example const date1 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT+11:00"); const date2 = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT-11:00");

// December console.log(date1.getUTCMonth()); // Expected output: 11

// January console.log(date2.getUTCMonth()); // Expected output: 0

## Syntax

```js-nolint
getUTCMonth()

Parameters#

None.

Return value#

An integer, between 0 and 11, representing the month for the given date according to universal time: 0 for January, 1 for February, and so on. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples#

Using getUTCMonth()#

The following example assigns the month portion of the current date to the variable month.

const today = new Date();
const month = today.getUTCMonth();

Specifications#

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility#

{{Compat}}

See also#

• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.getMonth()")}}
• {{jsxref("Date.prototype.setUTCMonth()")}}