The date.setUTCDate() method is used to set the date of a month according to universal time into a date object which is created using the Date() constructor.
Syntax:
DateObj.setUTCDate(date_Value);
Parameter: This method accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:
- date_Value This parameter holds the value of the data which we want to set in the date object created using the Date() constructor.
Return Values: It returns the new i.e. updated date of the month which is set by the setUTCDate() method. The date of the month is an integer value ranging from 1 to 31. More codes for the above method are as follows:Â
Below is an example of the Date.setUTCDate() method.
Example 1:Â
Javascript
// Here a date has been assigned according// to universal time while creating Date objectlet dateobj =new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');Â
// New date 15 of the month is being set in above// Date Object with the help of setDate() methoddateobj.setUTCDate(15);Â
// New date of the month according to universal// time from above Date Object is being extracted// using getDate()let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();Â
// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B); |
Output:
15
Example 2: Here as we know the date of the month, lies between 1 to 31 but if we try to set the date as 33, it will set the date as 2 for the next month because 33-31=2, and this date is 2 becomes the date for next of the previous month. In the above output, 2 is the date of the November month and 10 is the month of November because the month name starts from 0 to 11 i.e, 0 for January and 11 for December.Â
Javascript
// Here a date according to universal time has// been assigned while creating Date objectlet dateobj =new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');Â
// New date 33 of the month is being set in above// Date Object with the help of setUTCDate() functiondateobj.setUTCDate(33);Â
// New date of the month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCDate()let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();Â
// New month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth()let C = dateobj.getUTCMonth();Â
// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B);Â
// Printing new monthdocument.write(C); |
Output:
2 10
Example 3: If in the Date() constructor we do not give any date of the month while creating the date object, still the setUTCDate() method will be able to set a new date which is given as its parameter in the created date object.Â
Javascript
// Here date according to universal time has// not been assigned while creating Date objectlet dateobj =new Date('October, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');Â
// New date 12 of the month is being set in above Date// Object with the help of setUTCDate() methoddateobj.setUTCDate(12);Â
// New date of the month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCDate()let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();Â
// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B); |
Output:
12
Example 4: If nothing as a parameter is given in the Date() constructor, still setDate() function will be able to set the date but the month remains the current ones.Â
Javascript
// Here nothing has been assigned// while creating Date objectlet dateobj = new Date();Â
// new date 13 of the month is being set in above// Date Object with the help of setUTCDate() methoddateobj.setUTCDate(13);Â
// Date of the month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCDate()let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();Â
// Month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth()let C = dateobj.getUTCMonth();Â
// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B);Â
// Printing new monthconsole.log(C); |
Output:
13 3
Example 5: If the new date of the month is set to zero (0), the new date will be set to the last day of the previous month.Â
Javascript
// Here a date according to universal time// has been assigned while creating Date objectlet dateobj =new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:32 GMT-3:00');Â
// New date 0 of the month is being set in above// Date Object with the help of setUTCDate() methoddateobj.setUTCDate(0);Â
// Date of the month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCDate()let B = dateobj.getUTCDate();Â
// Month from above Date Object is// being extracted using getUTCMonth()let C = dateobj.getUTCMonth();Â
// Printing new date of the monthconsole.log(B);Â
// Printing new monthconsole.log(C); |
Output:
30 8
We have a complete list of Javascript Date Objects, to check those please go through this Javascript Date Object Complete reference article.
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by the JavaScript Date setUTCDate() method are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.
