The getUTCDay() method returns the day of the week converted to universal time and expressed as an integer from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday).
The following example uses the getUTCDay() Method to Return the Day of the Week
<html> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function getDayString(num) { var day; //Create a local variable to hold the string switch(num) { case 0: day="Sunday"; break; case 1: day="Monday"; break; case 2: day="Tuesday"; break; case 3: day="Wednesday"; break; case 4: day="Thursday"; break; case 5: day="Friday"; break; case 6: day="Saturday"; break; default: day="Invalid day"; } return day; } theDate = new Date(); document.write("The UTC day is ",getDayString(theDate.getUTCDay())); --> </script> </html>
