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Get the weekday of a date

JavaScript

// `date` is a Date object
const getWeekday = (date) => ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'][date.getDay()]

TypeScript

const getWeekday = (date: Date): string => ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'][date.getDay()]