How to get day name in a date in node js

Question

I have a date like this

2017-06-23 and my desired output is

Friday June 23 2017

 v.npi.appointment_dates[j] = date.toLocaleString('en-US', {year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' });

But because of the day: 'numeric' I am missing the day name. Can anyone please help me?

Have a look at the Date object and construct it on your own... — Jonas Wilms, Jun 29 '17 at 13:28
Possible duplicate of [How to format a JavaScript date](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3552461/how-to-format-a-javascript-date) — evolutionxbox, Jun 29 '17 at 13:28
It's not because of `day: 'numeric' `, it's because you've omitted `weekday: 'long'`. — RobG, Jun 29 '17 at 22:32

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 29 '17 at 20:52

You need to include weekday: 'long' in the options object:

var date = new Date();
console.log(date.toLocaleString('en-US', {
      weekday: 'long',
      year: 'numeric',
      month: 'long',
      day: 'numeric'
    }));

If you want to adopt the the browser default language, use undefined:

var date = new Date();
console.log(date.toLocaleString(undefined, {
      weekday: 'long',
      year: 'numeric',
      month: 'long',
      day: 'numeric'
    }));

Even with options support, the result of toLocaleString is still implementation dependent as the "locale" option is actually a language code, which may not be what the user expects even if they speak that language and the browser developers may not have chosen the expected format.

Yann Bertrand · Answer 2 · 2022-07-07T10:02:09.883

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Here is the function you're looking for.

function getFormattedDate(date) {
  var dayNames = ['Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday', 'Sunday']
  var monthNames = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']

  var dayOfMonth = date.getDate()
  var dayOfWeekIndex = date.getDay()
  var monthIndex = date.getMonth()
  var year = date.getFullYear()

  return dayNames[dayOfWeekIndex] + ' ' + monthNames[monthIndex] + ' ' +  dayOfMonth + ' ' + year;
}

You should take a look at moment.js which will help you a lot with formatting and tons of other date issues.

edited Jul 07 '22 at 10:02

answered Jun 29 '17 at 13:37

Yann Bertrand

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I would add +1 do the dayOfWeekIndex – Sebastian Feb 14 '21 at 12:21
You have an error in `dayNames`: the second one should be `TUESDAY`, not `Thursday` – Назар Мельник Jul 06 '22 at 11:50

How to get day name in a date in node js

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