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JavaScript - day name for specific Date

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In this article, we would like to show you how to get the day name for a specific date in JavaScript.

Quick solution:

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const DAY_NAMES = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
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const now = new Date();
const day = DAY_NAMES[now.getDay()];
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console.log(day);

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Note: in the above example we need to provide day names by ourselves to keep legacy with older JavaScript versions.

Practical example

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const DAY_NAMES = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
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const getDayName = (date) => {
    return DAY_NAMES[date.getDay()];  // day from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday)
};
  
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// Usage example:
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const now = new Date();
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console.log(getDayName(now));