Day 6: JavaScript Dates (10 Days of Javascript)

Task:

Given a date string,dateString , in the format MM/DD/YYYY, find and return the day name for that date. Each day name must be one of the following strings: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. For example, the day name for the date 12/07/2016 is Wednesday.

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Solution:

// The days of the week are: "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"

function getDayName(dateString) {
    let dayName;
    // Write your code here
    let date = new Date(dateString);
    switch(date.getDay()){
        case 0:dayName="Sunday";break;
        case 1:dayName="Monday";break;
        case 2:dayName="Tuesday";break;
        case 3:dayName="Wednesday";break;
        case 4:dayName="Thursday";break;
        case 5:dayName="Friday";break;
        case 6:dayName="Saturday";break;
    }
    
    return dayName;
}