The Date object is a datatype built into the JavaScript language. Date objects are created with the new Date( ) as shown below.
Once a Date object is created, a number of methods allow you to operate on it. Most methods simply allow you to get and set the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond fields of the object, using either local time or UTC (universal, or GMT) time.
The getUTCHours() function of the Date object returns the hours in the given date according to the universal time.
Syntax
Its Syntax is as follows
dateObj.getUTCHours();
Example
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateObj = new Date('september 26, 89 12:4:25:96');
document.write(dateObj.getUTCHours());
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
6
Example
Incase if you haven’t mentioned the hour of the day while creating the date object this function returns 0. Since 0 implies 13 according to universal time 13 will be printed.
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateobj = new Date('September 26, 1989 GMT+11:00');
document.write("Hour of the day: "+dateobj.getUTCHours());
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Hour of the day: 13
Example
In the same way if you haven’t passed anything while creating the date object (to the constructor) this function returns the Current hour of the day according to the universal time.
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateobj = new Date();
document.write("Hour of the day: "+dateobj.getUTCHours());
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Hour of the day: 5