Javascript Data Type How to - Fetch day of the week based on a specific date as '2014-05-20'

Question

We would like to know how to fetch day of the week based on a specific date as '2014-05-20'.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
window.onload=function(){<!-- w ww  . j a  v  a 2s. co m-->
    var givendate = '2014-05-20';
    var date = new Date(givendate);
    document.writeln(date.getDay());
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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