Change the First Day of Week in JavaScript Calendar control

06 Jun 2023 / 1 minute to read

The Calendar provides an option to change the first day of the week by using the firstDayOfWeek property. Generally, the day of the week starts from 0 (Sunday) and ends with 6 (Saturday).

By default, the first day of the week is culture specific.

The following example shows the Calendar with Tuesday as the first day of the week.

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app.ts

index.html

styles.css

import { Calendar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-calendars';
//creates  a calendar with Tuesday as the first day of the week.
let calendarObject: Calendar = new Calendar({
    //sets the first day of the week.
    firstDayOfWeek: 2
});
calendarObject.appendTo('#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Essential JS 2 Calendar control</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <!--style reference from the Calendar component-->
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.2.3/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <!--element which is going to render the Calendar-->
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

/* Example - styles */

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
    max-width: 250px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    width: 30%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    left: 45%;
}

#element {
    display: block;
}