get day of week from date javascript code example

Example 1: get day js

switch (new Date().getDay()) {
  case 0:
    day = "Sunday";
    break;
  case 1:
    day = "Monday";
    break;
  case 2:
    day = "Tuesday";
    break;
  case 3:
    day = "Wednesday";
    break;
  case 4:
    day = "Thursday";
    break;
  case 5:
    day = "Friday";
    break;
  case 6:
    day = "Saturday";
}

Example 2: javascript get date of the week

//Grab day of the week from local computer
let date = new Date();
let dayOfWeekNumber = date.getDay();
let nameOfDay;
let quote;

switch(dayOfWeekNumber){
    case 0: 
        nameOfDay = 'Sunday';
        quote = 'Time to chillax!';
        break;
    case 1:
        nameOfDay = 'Monday';
        quote = 'Monday morning blues!';
        break;
    case 2:
        nameOfDay = 'Tuesday';
        quote = 'Taco Time!';
        break;
    case 3:
        nameOfDay = 'Wednesday';
        quote = 'Two more days to the weekend.';
        break;
    case 4:
        nameOfDay = 'Thursday';
        quote = 'The weekend is almost here...';
        break;
    case 5:
        nameOfDay = 'Friday';
        quote = 'Weekend is here!';
        break;
    case 6:
        nameOfDay = 'Saturday';
        quote = 'Time to party!';
        break;

}
//Display the day of the week
let weekdayDiv = document.getElementById('weekday');
weekdayDiv.innerHTML = `${nameOfDay}`;

//Display quote
let quoteDiv = document.getElementById('phrase');
quoteDiv.innerHTML = `${quote}`

Example 3: datepart day of week

SELECT DATENAME(DW,'2007-10-30');

Example 4: get name of day javascript

var today = new Date();

console.log(today.getDay()); // sunday = 0, monday = 1, etc..

Example 5: get date one week from now javascript

function nextweek(){
    var today = new Date();
    var nextweek = new Date(today.getFullYear(), today.getMonth(), today.getDate()+7);
    return nextweek;
}