Date.prototype.getUTCMilliseconds()

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 getUTCMilliseconds() method of Date instances returns the milliseconds for this date according to universal time.

Try it

const exampleDate = new Date("2018-01-02T03:04:05.678Z"); // 2 January 2018, 03:04:05.678 (UTC)

console.log(exampleDate.getUTCMilliseconds());
// Expected output: 678

Syntax

js
getUTCMilliseconds()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 999, representing the milliseconds for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Not to be confused with the timestamp. To get the total milliseconds since the epoch, use the getTime() method.

Examples

Using getUTCMilliseconds()

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

js
const today = new Date();
const milliseconds = today.getUTCMilliseconds();

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2025 Language Specification
# sec-date.prototype.getutcmilliseconds

Browser compatibility

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