Returns the day of the week value in a Date object using local time.

dateObj.getDay() 

The required dateObj reference is a Date object.

Remarks

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:

The following example illustrates the use of the getDay method.

function DateDemo(){
   var d, day, x, s = "Today is: ";
   var x = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday");
   var x = x.concat("Wednesday","Thursday", "Friday");
   var x = x.concat("Saturday");
   d = new Date();
   day = d.getDay();
   return(s += x[day]);
}

Requirements

Version 1

See Also

Date Object Methods | getUTCDay Method

Applies To: Date Object