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Description

Returns the locale specific day of the week (0-6) for the specified date. 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday etc.

Syntax

Parameters

None.

Examples

The code below shows examples of the getDay() method of Date.

// Create a Date instance for the current date and time.
var todaysDate = new Date();
alert(todaysDate);

// Get Day of the month.
alert(todaysDate.getDay() + ' = Day of week as a number');

// Use an array to display the date as a string.
var days = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 
            'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday']; 
alert(days[todaysDate.getDay()] + ' = Day of week as a string');

Related Tutorials

JavaScript Intermediate Tutorials - Lesson 2 - Dates and Times

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