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

Method of Date

Syntax

Parameters

None

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.

Examples

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.

See also

Date.getUTCDay, Date.setDate