# getUTCHours()?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getutchours/225511>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 13, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getutchours/225511 "2007-05-13T01:44:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![duncanhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@duncanhall](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/duncanhall)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getutchours/225511/1 "2007-05-13T01:44:29Z")

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I’m making a clock for universal time zones. I need to use the “universal” time methods of my date object, but I’m not exactly sure what “universal time” refers to. I had read that it’s simply GMT (which would make sense), but I’m in London (GMT+/-0) and when I trace \*getUTCHours() \*I’m getting a result an hour behind what it should be.

Any ideas?