Get Day of Today
date intNoofDays ; intNoofDays = system.today(); Output: intNoofDays__ 2014-09-25 00:00:00 system.debug('intNoofDays__'+intNoofDays); Datetime dt = DateTime.newInstance(intNoofDays, Time.newInstance(0, 0, 0, 0)); Output: dt___2014-09-24 18:30:00 system.debug('dt___'+dt); String strTodayDayName = dt.format('EEEE'); System.debug('Day : ' + strTodayDayName); Output: Day : Thursday