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Created May 1, 2019 18:35
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Day of week
/*
getDay returns a number that represents the day of the week.
In programming, we never start at 1 when counting. We start at 0!
Therefore, the seven days of the week are 0-6 (not 1-7).
0 is Sunday
1 is Monday
2 is Tuesday
3 is Wednesday
4 is Thursday
5 is Friday
6 is Saturday
*/
let day = new Date().getDay();
switch (day) {
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
case 4:
case 5:
console.log("Today is a weekday")
break;
case 0:
case 6:
console.log("Today is a weekend day");
break;
}
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