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® 2027 Language Specification
# sec-date.prototype.getutcmilliseconds

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Bun
Deno
Node.js
getUTCMilliseconds
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
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Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 4 (Release date: 2000-06-28)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 1 (Release date: 2003-06-23)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Bun – Full support
Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support
Node.js – Full support
Node.js 0.10 (Release date: 2013-03-11)
footnote Full support

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