days Of Week on page

Question

I am a javascript newbie. I am learning and I am trying to get the day of week and write it to the document. I am using an array and switch case.

Check my code:

var currentDate=new Date();
var currentDay=currentDate.getDay();
var daysOfWeek=["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"];

switch(currentDay){
    case 0:
    document.write('Today is  <b>' +daysOfWeek[0]);

    break;
    case 1:

    break;
    case 2:

    break;
    case 3:

    break;
    case 4:

    break;
    case 5:

    break;

    case 6:

    break;
    default:
    break;
}

It's working fine but I need to know whether this the best possible code i can write or if I can improve it.

What is the `switch` statement supposed to be good for? You can directly access the right array element via the day number, no need for a switch statement at all. — CBroe, May 17 '15 at 02:36
possible duplicate of [How to get the day of week and the month of the year?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4822852/how-to-get-the-day-of-week-and-the-month-of-the-year) — bud-e, May 17 '15 at 02:41

score -1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 17 '15 at 02:56

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One better way of doing this (while keeping your general approach) would be:

var currentDate=new Date();
var currentDay=currentDate.getDay();
var daysOfWeek=["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"]; 
document.write('Today is  <b>' +daysOfWeek[currentDay] + '</b>');

edited May 17 '15 at 02:56

Sukima

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answered May 17 '15 at 02:36

S McCrohan

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@S Mac Yes Thanks man i was thinking of this.. :) – Cloudboy22 May 17 '15 at 02:41
`document.write`? I wish the DOM API was easier. I feel I need a shower when I see it. :/ – Sukima May 17 '15 at 02:57

days Of Week on page

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