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Date.prototype.getUTCHours()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The getUTCHours() method of Date instances returns the hours for this date according to universal time.

Try it

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");

console.log(date1.getUTCHours());
// Expected output: 12

console.log(date2.getUTCHours());
// Expected output: 10

Syntax

getUTCHours()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 23, representing the hours for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

Using getUTCHours()

The following example assigns the hours portion of the current time to the variable hours.

const today = new Date();
const hours = today.getUTCHours();

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification> # sec-date.prototype.getutchours>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile							Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Bun	Deno	Node.js
`getUTCHours`	1	12	1	4	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0	4.4	1	1.0.0	1.0	0.10.0