getUTCDay Method (JScript 5.6) 

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:

Example

The following example illustrates the use of the getUTCDay method.

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

Version 3

Applies To: Date Object (JScript 5.6)

See Also

Reference

getDay Method (JScript 5.6)