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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > Date > getDay (Date.getDay method)

getDay (Date.getDay method)

Returns the day of the week (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, and so on) of the specified Date object according to local time. Local time is determined by the operating system on which Flash Player is running.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Returns

Number - An integer representing the day of the week.

Example

The following example creates a new Date object and uses getDay() to determine the current day of the week:

var dayOfWeek_array:Array = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
var today_date:Date = new Date();
var day_str:String = dayOfWeek_array[today_date.getDay()];
trace("Today is "+day_str);

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