Returns the day of the week value in a Date object using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
dateObj.getUTCDay() |
Remarks
The required dateObj reference is a Date object.
To get the day of the week using local time, use the getDate method.
The value returned by the getUTCDay method is an integer between 0 and 6 representing the day of the week and corresponds to a day of the week as follows:
Value | Day of the Week |
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0 |
Sunday |
1 |
Monday |
2 |
Tuesday |
3 |
Wednesday |
4 |
Thursday |
5 |
Friday |
6 |
Saturday |
Example
The following example illustrates the use of the getUTCDay method.
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function DateDemo(){ var d, day, x, s = "Today is "; var x = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday"); x = x.concat("Wednesday","Thursday", "Friday"); x = x.concat("Saturday"); d = new Date(); day = d.getUTCDay(); return(s += x[day]); } |
Requirements
Applies To: Date Object (JScript 5.6)