Javascript Data Type How to - Get day from Date as format '3-08-2015'

Question

We would like to know how to get day from Date as format '3-08-2015'.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function GetDay(rawValue) {<!--from   ww  w .  j  av a 2 s  .c  o  m-->
    var parts = rawValue.split("-");
    if (parts.length === 3) {
        var day = parseInt(parts[0], 10);
        if (!isNaN(day))
            return day;
    }
    document.writeln("invalid date format");
    return null;
}
document.writeln(GetDay("3-08-2015"));

</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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