js get day of week name code example

Example 1: get name of day javascript

var today = new Date();

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

Example 2: 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.