js get day of date 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 day of year

// `date` is a Date object
const dayOfYear = date => Math.floor((date - new Date(date.getFullYear(), 0, 0)) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));

// Example
dayOfYear(new Date(2020, 04, 16));      // 137