date.getDay

The getDay() method returns the day of the week for the specified date according to local time, where 0 represents Sunday. For the day of the month see getDate().

Syntax

dateObj.getDay()

Return value

An integer number corresponding to the day of the week for the given date, according to local time: 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on.

Examples

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.

var Xmas95 = new Date('December 25, 1995 23:15:30');
var weekday = Xmas95.getDay();

console.log(weekday); // 1

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Date.prototype.getUTCDate()
• Date.prototype.getUTCDay()
• Date.prototype.setDate()