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PrintGet the name of the day
The script on this page shows how to the name of the day with JavaScript. Basically, we use the getDay() method; the method returns an integer between 0 and 6 (0 corresponds to Sunday, 1 corresponds to Monday, and so on.). Because the method returns only a numerical value, we need to associate that with the names of the days in a week. To do that, we use an array called weekDaysArr. In the array, for example, weekDaysArr[0] stores the day name "Sunday", weekDaysArr[1] stores the day name "Monday", and so on.
For your convenience the script is placed inside a function; so you only have to call the function to get the current day. See the code below for details.
The output of the script:
Scripting code
Step 1: place the following code in the head section (between <head> and </head>) of your web document.
<script language="javascript"><!--
function GetDayName () { var dateObj = new Date();// create an array
var weekDaysArr = new Array();// store the current day value (between 0 and 6)
var currDay = dateObj.getDay(); weekDaysArr[0] = "Sunday"; weekDaysArr[1] = "Monday"; weekDaysArr[2] = "Tuesday"; weekDaysArr[3] = "Wednesday"; weekDaysArr[4] = "Thursday"; weekDaysArr[5] = "Friday"; weekDaysArr[6] = "Saturday";// return the name of the day
return weekDaysArr[currDay]; }//-->
</script>Step 2: Call the GetDayName () function from your web page:
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"><!--
document.write ("Today is " + GetDayName());//-->
</script>