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Date.getDate() (Method)

Returns the day number within a month for a date/time.

Availability:

ECMAScript edition - 2
JavaScript - 1.0
JScript - 1.0
Internet Explorer - 3.02
Netscape - 2.0
Netscape Enterprise Server - 2.0
Opera - 3.0
Property/method value type:Number primitive
JavaScript syntax:-myDate.getDate()

This method returns a day number within a month from the date value of the receiving object. The value is 1 based and will not exceed 31 although the range is variable based on month and leap year contexts.

The date is computed according to local time coordinates.

Example code:

   <HTML>

   <HEAD></HEAD>

   <BODY>

   

   <SCRIPT>

   // Create diary of special days per month

   myDiary = new Array();

   myDiary[1]  = "Pay into bank account";

   myDiary[28] = "Invoice customers";

   myDiary[14] = "Chase customers for payment";

   myDiary[5]  = "Top up fuel in generator";

   // Work out day number

   myDate = new Date();

   myDay = myDate.getDate();

   // Output message of the day

   document.write(myDiary[myDay]);

   </SCRIPT>

   </BODY>

   </HTML>

See also:Date.prototype, Date.setDate()

Cross-references:

ECMA 262 edition 2 - section - 15.9.5.10

ECMA 262 edition 3 - section - 15.9.5.14

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JavaScript Programmer's Reference, Cliff Wootton
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