JavaScript | date.getUTCSeconds() Function

The date.getUTCSeconds() is an inbuilt function in JavaScript which is used to fetch the second according to universal time from a given Date object.

Syntax:

DateObj.getUTCSeconds();

In the above syntax, DateObj is a valid Date object created using Date() constructor from which we want to fetch second according to universal time.

Parameter: This function does not takes any parameter. It is just used along with a Date Object from which we want to fetch the day of the week.

Return Values: It returns the second for the given date object according to universal time. Seconds is an integer value ranging from 0 to 59.

Below program illustrate the getUTCSeconds() method:

Output:

32

Errors and Exceptions:

• Example 1: The date of the month should lie in between 1 to 31 because none of the months have a date greater than 31 that is why it returns NaN i.e, not a number because the date for the month does not exist. The second will not be existed according to universal time if the date of the month does not exist.
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  <script> // Here a date has been assigned according to universal // time while creating Date object var dateobj = new Date('October 33, 1996 05:35:32 UTC');    // second from above data object is // being extracted using getUTCSeconds(). var B = dateobj.getUTCSeconds();    // Printing second according to universal time. document.write(B); </script>

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  Output:

  NaN

• Example 2: If second is not given to the Date() constructor while creating a Date object, the getUTCSeconds() function returns zero (0) according to universal time.
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  <script> // Here a date has been assigned according to universal // time while creating Date object var dateobj = new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35 UTC');    // second from above data object is // being extracted using getUTCSeconds(). var B = dateobj.getUTCSeconds();    // Printing second according to universal time. document.write(B); </script>

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  Output:

  0

• Example 3: If nothing as parameter is given to the Date() constructor while creating a Date object, the getUTCSeconds() function returns current second according to universal time.
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  <script> // Here nothing has been assigned according to universal // time while creating Date object var dateobj = new Date();    // second from above date object is // being extracted using getUTCSeconds(). var B = dateobj.getUTCSeconds();    // Printing current second  // according to universal time. document.write(B); </script>

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  Output:

  41

• Example 4: If second outside the range [0,59] is given to the Date() constructor while creating a Date object, the getUTCSeconds() function return 0 as exception because seconds range is in between 0 to 59 and 88 is out of this range.
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  <script> // Here a date has been assigned according to universal // time while creating Date object var dateobj = new Date('October 13, 1996 05:35:88 UTC');    // second from above date object is // being extracted using getUTCSeconds(). var B = dateobj.getUTCSeconds();    // Printing second according to universal time. document.write(B); </script>

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  Output:

  0

Application: It has many applications such as getting current second according to universal time. Below program shows one of the applications of this function. It gives the current second.

Output:

41

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript date.getUTCSeconds() Function are listed below:

• Google Chrome
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

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