Method Date.getNameOfDay

Get the name of the day

• Syntax String Date.getNameOfDay([ Boolean utc ])
  
  Return the name of the day. If utc is true then universal time is used. Otherwise the local time is used.
• Parameters

  Boolean utc (Optional)

  If true then UTC is used; otherwise the local time is used.

• Return value The name of the week day.
• Examples

  To get the name of the 1st of April 2012

  // Create the date
  var d = new Date(2012,3,1);
  // Output is 'Sunday'
  d.getNameOfDay();

• Related Date.format   
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  // ************************************************************************** // Copyright 2007 - 2009 Tavs Dokkedahl // Contact: http://www.jslab.dk/contact.php // // This file is part of the JSLab Standard Library (JSL) Program. // // JSL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or // any later version. // // JSL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. // *************************************************************************** // Return the name of the weekday Date.prototype.getNameOfDay = function(utc) { var d = this.getISODay(utc) - 1; return Date.nameOfDays[d]; };