JavaScript getUTCMonth() Method

Definition and Usage

The getUTCMonth() method returns a number that represents a month according to the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

Syntax

dateObject.getUTCMonth()

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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.

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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:

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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