Date.getDay( ) Method

	ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition By Colin Moock
	Chapter 18.  ActionScript Language Reference

Date.getDay( ) Method

Flash 5

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the day of the week

date.getDay()

Returns

An integer from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday), representing the day of the week for date.

Example

The following code loads a .swf file specific to the current day of the week into the movie clip welcomeHeader (the seven .swf files are named in the series sun.swf, mon.swf, and so on):

now = new Date(); today = now.getDay(); days = ["sun", "mon", "tue", "wed", "thu", "fri", "sat"]; welcomeHeader.loadMovie(days[today] + ".swf");