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Date.prototype.getDay()

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

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Syntax

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getDay()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 6, representing 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. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Description

The return value of getDay() is zero-based, which is useful for indexing into arrays of days, for example:

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const valentines = new Date("1995-02-14");
const day = valentines.getDay();
const dayNames = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday" /* , … */];

console.log(dayNames[day]); // "Monday"

However, for the purpose of internationalization, you should prefer using Intl.DateTimeFormat with the options parameter instead.

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const options = { weekday: "long" };
console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", options).format(valentines));
// "Monday"
console.log(new Intl.DateTimeFormat("de-DE", options).format(valentines));
// "Montag"

Examples

Using getDay()

The weekday variable has value 1, based on the value of the Date object xmas95, because December 25, 1995 is a Monday.

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const xmas95 = new Date("1995-12-25T23:15:30");
const weekday = xmas95.getDay();

console.log(weekday); // 1

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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getDay 1 12 1 3 1 18 4 10.1 1 1.0 4.4 1.0 0.10.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getDay