javascript get day of week javascript 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: 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;
}