JavaScript getDay () method
Examples
Returns the day of the week number.
var d = new Date ();
var n = d.getDay ();
var n = d.getDay ();
n output:
var d=new Date()
document.write(d.getDay())
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Definition and Usage
getDay () method returns one week (0-6), one day number.
Note: Sunday is 0, Monday is 1, and so on.
Browser Support
All major browsers support getDay () method.
grammar
Date.getDay()
return value
| Types of | description |
|---|---|
| Number | The return value is 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday) between an integer. |
technical details
| JavaScript version: | 1.0 |
|---|
More examples
Examples
Returns the weekday name (not a number):
var d=new Date();
var weekday=new Array(7);
weekday[0]="Sunday";
weekday[1]="Monday";
weekday[2]="Tuesday";
weekday[3]="Wednesday";
weekday[4]="Thursday";
weekday[5]="Friday";
weekday[6]="Saturday";
var n = weekday[d.getDay()];
var weekday=new Array(7);
weekday[0]="Sunday";
weekday[1]="Monday";
weekday[2]="Tuesday";
weekday[3]="Wednesday";
weekday[4]="Thursday";
weekday[5]="Friday";
weekday[6]="Saturday";
var n = weekday[d.getDay()];
n outputs the result:
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