Applies to: Date Object The getDay method is use to get the day of the week value in a Date object using local time.
Syntax
objDate.getDay()
Return
Returns the day of the week value in a Date object using local time.
Example
To get the day using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), use the getUTCDay method.
The value returned from the getDay method is an integer between 0 and 6 representing the day of the week and corresponds to a day of the week as follows:
0 = Sunday
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
The following example illustrates the use of the getDay method:
s = "Today is: ";
x = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday");
x = x.concat("Wednesday","Thursday", "Friday");
x = x.concat("Saturday");
d = new Date();
day = d.getDay();
s += x[day];
document.write(s);
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See Also: Date Object Methods, getUTCDay Method |
