Check provided date is Weekend

javascript to check whether the provided date is weekend.

by ravimallya

HTML

<span class="sp1"></span><br />
<span class="sp2"></span>

JavaScript

$(function() {
  var dt = '18-07-2015'; // dd-mm-yyyy
  var myDate = new Date();
  myDate.setFullYear(dt.split('-')[2]);
  myDate.setMonth(dt.split('-')[1]-1);
  myDate.setDate(dt.split('-')[0]);
//  alert(myDate);
  if (myDate.getDay() === 6 || myDate.getDay() === 0) {
    $('.sp1').text('Weekend!');
  }
  var dtd = '07-18-2015'; // mm-dd-yyyy
  var myDated = new Date();
  myDated.setFullYear(dtd.split('-')[2]);
  myDated.setMonth(dtd.split('-')[0]-1);
  myDated.setDate(dtd.split('-')[1]);
 // alert(myDated);
  if (myDated.getDay() === 6 || myDated.getDay() === 0) {
    $('.sp2').text('Weekend!');
  }
  
  var month = dtd.split('-')[0]; // January
  var d = new Date(dtd.split('-')[2], month + 1, 0);
alert(d.getDate()); // last day in January
  
});