JavaScript Date getUTCDay()

Get the weekday:

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

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.getUTCDay()];

Description

getUTCDay() returns the day of the week (0 to 6) of a date.

getUTCDay() returns the day of the week according to universal time.

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

UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is the time set by the World Time Standard.

UTC time is the same as GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time).

All JavaScript getUTC methods assume that the date is of local time.

Date.getUTCDay()

NONE

Type	Description
A number	The weekday of a date (0 to 6), according to UTC.

getUTCDay() 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