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getDay() Method

This method returns the day of the week of a Date object.

Syntax

dateVar.getDay()

Parameter
Description
Not applicable
 

Returns

The day of the week of dateVar as a number from 0 to 6.

Usage

This method returns the day of the week of dateVar. Sunday is 0, and Saturday is 6. To get the name of the corresponding weekday, create an array holding the names of the days of the week and compare the return value to the array index, as shown in the following example.

Example

This example gets the day of the week on which Valentine's Day occurs and displays the result in a message box, shown in the illustration.

function Button1_Click ()
{
   var weekDay = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday",
      "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
   var valentinesDay = new Date("2001", "1", "14");
   var theYear = valentinesDay.getFullYear()
   var i = 0;
   while (i < valentinesDay.getDay())
   {
      i++;
      var result = weekDay[i];
   }
   TheApplication().RaiseErrorText("Valentine's Day falls on " + result + " in " + theYear + ".");
}

See Also

GetDate() Method, getFullYear() Method, getHours() Method, getMinutes() Method, getMonth() Method, getSeconds() Method, getTime() Method, and getYear() Method


 Siebel eScript Language Reference 
 Published: 18 April 2003