js date get day of week code example

Example 1: javascript date get day of week abbreviation

var days = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
var d = new Date(dateString);
var dayName = days[d.getDay()];

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: javascript get day

var d = new Date();
var n = d.getDay();

Example 4: new date getday js

Date.getDay()
// Javascript date getDay() method returns the day of the week for the specified
// date according to local time. The value returned by getDay() is an integer 
// corresponding to the day of the week: 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on.