jQuery ui datepicker, get Day of week from onSelect

Question

Is it possible to get the day of the week from the onSelect event of the datepicker.

I know I can get the day of the month, but I want the day of the week. Even jus

Answer 1

This should do the trick:

function(event, ui) {
    var date = $(this).datepicker('getDate');
    var dayOfWeek = date.getUTCDay();
};

This has the advantage of not needing to parse whatever arbitrary date format you've chosen for the Datepicker's text field - the getDate method returns a native Javascript Date object which you can then easily extract the date fields you need.