How can I calculate the day of the week of a date in ruby?

Question

How can I calculate the day of the week of a date in Ruby? For example, October 28 of 2010 is = Thursday

Answer 1

In your time object, use the property .wday to get the number that corresponds with the day of the week, e.g. If .wday returns 0, then your date is Sunday, 1 Monday, etc.