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Moment.js get day name from date


I'm using jquery and moment.js for a custom calendar.

I have a date object in a variable myDate like :

 Object { date="2014-12-23 14:00:00", timezone_type=3, timezone="Europe/Paris"}

I want, using moment.js (or not) get the day name of this date, in my example i need to get : tuesday

Ideas ? Thanks


Solution

  • With moment you can parse the date string you have:

    var dt = moment(myDate.date, "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss")
    

    That's for UTC, you'll have to convert the time zone from that point if you so desire.

    Then you can get the day of the week:

    dt.format('dddd');
    

    And you can get the 3 letter format weekday by

    dt.format('dddd').substring(0,3)