Remove unused variable to resolve CodeQL Alert issue #114

[pluto-bell]

Overview

To remove an unused variable, thus cleaning up the code to make it more readable.

Action Items

The resolution of this issue will close #7013 and resolve alert 114

• [x] Remove unused variable weekday in the function getDayString in right-col-content.js.
  Details on what to remove

Update getDayString function from

function getDayString(date) {
    let new_date = new Date(date); 
    let weekday = new_date.getDay();
    let options = { weekday: "long" };
    return new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", options).format(new_date);
  }

to

function getDayString(date) {
    let new_date = new Date(date); 
    let options = { weekday: "long" };
    return new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-US", options).format(new_date);
  }

• [x] Test using docker to ensure this change doesn't affect anything else—specifically the events page.

Resources/Instructions

For further information you can review issue #7013

Note: this exact function is also found in api-events.js, without the weekday variable.

api-events.js — line 119

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[pluto-bell]

Misunderstood issue #7013's instructions so I am closing this issue, as it is technically a duplicate of it.