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title: Date.prototype.getUTCHours()
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getUTCHours
translation_of: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getUTCHours
original_slug: Web/JavaScript/Referencia/Objetos_globales/Date/getUTCHours
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<p>El método <strong><code>getUTCHours()</code></strong> retorna las horas especificadas en la fecha deacuerdo al horario universal.</p>

<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre class="syntaxbox"><code><var>dateObj</var>.getUTCHours()</code></pre>

<h3 id="Return_value">Return value</h3>

<p>An integer number, between 0 and 23, representing the hours in the given date according to universal time.</p>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<h3 id="Using_getUTCHours()">Using <code>getUTCHours()</code></h3>

<p>The following example assigns the hours portion of the current time to the variable <code>hours</code>.</p>

<pre class="brush: js">var today = new Date();
var hours = today.getUTCHours();
</pre>

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<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

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<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

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 <li>{{jsxref("Date.prototype.getHours()")}}</li>
 <li>{{jsxref("Date.prototype.setUTCHours()")}}</li>
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