Date.prototype.getUTCSeconds()

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 getUTCSeconds() method of Date instances returns the seconds in the specified date according to universal time.

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Syntax

js
getUTCSeconds()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 59, representing the seconds for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

Using getUTCSeconds()

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

js
const today = new Date();
const seconds = today.getUTCSeconds();

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-date.prototype.getutcseconds

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
getUTCSeconds

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