date.getDay

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

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

Specification	Status	Comment
ECMAScript 2017 Draft (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Date.prototype.getDay' in that specification.	Draft
ECMAScript 2015 (6th Edition, ECMA-262) The definition of 'Date.prototype.getDay' in that specification.	Standard
ECMAScript 5.1 (ECMA-262) The definition of 'Date.prototype.getDay' in that specification.	Standard
ECMAScript 1st Edition (ECMA-262)	Standard	Initial definition. Implemented in JavaScript 1.0.

Browser compatibility

See also

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