User Guide

252 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference
Date.getUTCDay()
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_date.getUTCDay() : Number
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer.
Description
Method; returns the day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, and so on) of the specified
Date object, according to universal time.
Example
The following example creates a new Date object and uses Date.getUTCDay() and
Date.getDay(). The value returned by
Date.getUTCDay() can differ from the value returned by
Date.getDay(), depending on the relationship between your local time zone and universal time.
var today_date:Date = new Date();
trace(today_date.getDay()); // output will be based on local timezone
trace(today_date.getUTCDay()); // output will equal getDay() plus or minus one