getDay [JavaScript snippet]

function day_to_name(d) {

  if (d == 0) {return "Sunday"   }
  if (d == 1) {return "Monday"   }
  if (d == 2) {return "Tuesday"  }
  if (d == 3) {return "Wednesday"}
  if (d == 4) {return "Thursday" }
  if (d == 5) {return "Friday"   }
  if (d == 6) {return "Saturday" }

  return "???";
}


function main() {

  var dt_1970_08_28 = new Date(1970, 28, 08);
  txt_out("August 28th, 1970 was a " + day_to_name(dt_1970_08_28.getDay()));

  var dt_today = new Date();
  txt_out("Today is a " + day_to_name(dt_today.getDay()));
}