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Core JavaScript 1.5 Reference:Global Objects:Date:getDay

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[edit] Summary

Returns the day of the week for the specified date according to local time.

Method of Date
Implemented in: JavaScript 1.0, NES 2.0
ECMA Version: ECMA-262

[edit] Syntax

getDay()

[edit] Parameters

None.

[edit] Description

The value returned by getDay is an integer corresponding to the day of the week: 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on.

[edit] Examples

[edit] Example: Using getDay

The second statement below assigns the value 1 to weekday, based on the value of the Date object Xmas95. December 25, 1995, is a Monday.

Xmas95 = new Date("December 25, 1995 23:15:00");
weekday = Xmas95.getDay();

[edit] See Also

getUTCDay, setDate