Get week day name from jquery ui calendar

Question

I want to get the name of the Day when choosing date from jquery ui calender.

for example, when choosing 14-3-2012 it should returns Wednesday.

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Answer 1

Try:

onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
  var date = $(this).datepicker('getDate');
  var dayOfWeek = date.getUTCDay();

}