Microsoft® JScript™ getDay Method | Language Reference Version 1

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##### Description

> Retrieves the day of the week represented by the date stored in a Date object according to local time.

##### Syntax

> objDate.getDay()

##### Remarks

> To get the day according to 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:

> > 0 = Sunday
> > 1 = Monday
> > 2 = Tuesday
> > 3 = Wednesday
> > 4 = Thursday
> > 5 = Friday
> > 6 = Saturday

> 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]);
> >     }

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