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First weekday of the month
license: mit
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin:0;position:fixed;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script>
console.clear()
var todaysDate = d3.timeDay(new Date);
var monthYear = d3.timeFormat("%m %y"); //extract the month and year from the date
var dateParse = d3.timeParse("%d %m %y") //parse a given string into a date
var dayAbbr = d3.timeFormat("%a"); //format a date into the day
var firstDay = dayAbbr(dateParse("01 " + monthYear(todaysDate)))
console.log(firstDay)
</script>
</body>
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