JavaScript Date getDay()

Get the day of the week:

const d = new Date();
let day = d.getDay();

Get the day of the week of a specific date:

const d = new Date("July 21, 1983 01:15:00");
let day = d.getDay();

More examples below.

Description

The getDay() method returns the day of the week (0 to 6) of a date.

Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, ... (See below):

Date.getDay()

NONE

Type	Description
A number	The day of the week (0 to 6).

Get the name of the weekday (not just a number):

const weekday = ["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"];

const d = new Date();
let day = weekday[d.getDay()];

getDay() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes