.getUTCHours()

The .getUTCHours() returns the hours for the provided date according to universal time.

Syntax

myDate.getUTCHours()

The .getUTCHours() method returns hours as an integer between 0-23 (midnight will return 0) for the provided date myDate.

Example

In the example below, the variable myDate stores the hours returned from a new Date object and logs the value to the console.

const myDate = new Date('1 January 2023 11:20 GMT+900');
console.log(myDate.getUTCHours());

Returns the following to the console:

2