freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/10-coding-interview-prep/rosetta-code/last-friday-of-each-month.md

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---
id: 5a23c84252665b21eecc7edc
title: Last Friday of each month
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 302299
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
Write a function that returns the date of the last Friday of a given month for a given year.
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: <code>lastFriday</code> should be a function.
testString: assert(typeof lastFriday == 'function');
- text: <code>lastFriday(2018, 1)</code> should return a number.
testString: assert(typeof lastFriday(2018, 1) == 'number');
- text: <code>lastFriday(2018, 1)</code> should return <code>26</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(2018, 1), 26);
- text: <code>lastFriday(2017, 2)</code> should return <code>24</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(2017, 2), 24);
- text: <code>lastFriday(2012, 3)</code> should return <code>30</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(2012, 3), 30);
- text: <code>lastFriday(1900, 4)</code> should return <code>27</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(1900, 4), 27);
- text: <code>lastFriday(2000, 5)</code> should return <code>26</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(2000, 5), 26);
- text: <code>lastFriday(2006, 6)</code> should return <code>30</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(2006, 6), 30);
- text: <code>lastFriday(2010, 7)</code> should return <code>30</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(2010, 7), 30);
- text: <code>lastFriday(2005, 8)</code> should return <code>26</code>.
testString: assert.equal(lastFriday(2005, 8), 26);
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
function lastFriday(year, month) {
}
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
function lastFriday(year, month) {
var i, last_day;
i = 0;
while (true) {
last_day = new Date(year, month, i);
if (last_day.getDay() === 5) {
return last_day.getDate();
}
i -= 1;
}
}
```
</section>