Get the day from date string

Question

how to get the day from date string in JavaScript?

Output:
2015-06-25 - Thursday
2015-07-10 - Friday

Do you mean that it's a string? If so, why not: `"2015-06-25".split("-")[2]` — cbr, Jul 09 '15 at 18:30
You could use something like [moment.js](http://momentjs.com/docs/). — tdbts, Jul 09 '15 at 18:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '15 at 18:35

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You could try this:

var d = new Date("2015-06-25");
var weekday = [];
weekday[0] = "Sunday";
weekday[1] = "Monday";
weekday[2] = "Tuesday";
weekday[3] = "Wednesday";
weekday[4] = "Thursday";
weekday[5] = "Friday";
weekday[6] = "Saturday";

var day = weekday[d.getDay()]; // Wednesday

answered Jul 09 '15 at 18:35

Nitsew

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great! :) work like charms – Juliver Galleto Jul 09 '15 at 18:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '15 at 18:37

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var dateParts = "2015-06-25".split('-');
(["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"])[new Date(dateParts[0], dateParts[1] - 1, dateParts[2], 0, 0, 0).getDay() - 1]

answered Jul 09 '15 at 18:37

Dmitry Ivanov

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 09 '15 at 18:38

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var daysOfTheWeek = ['Sun','Mon','Tues','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat'];
var date = new Date("2015-06-25");
var day = daysOfTheWeek[ date.getDay() ];

answered Jul 09 '15 at 18:38

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SK. · Answer 4 · 2015-07-09T19:10:46.103

getDay() - method returns the day of the week expressed as an integer from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).

function getWeekDay(dateString){
    var date = new Date(dateString);
    var weekdays = ['Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday'];
                     ^                                       ^                   ^
               index 0                                       4                   6

    return weekdays[date.getDay()];
}        
getWeekDay("2015-06-25"); // calling getWeekDay method
// return day: Thursday

Get the day from date string

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