WeekdayName - returns a weekday name for the specified weekday number or date

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$return = WeekdayName(weekday[,abbreviate[,firstdayofweek]])

$return = WeekdayName(date[,abbreviate][,date_format])

Where:

 

$return

The weekday name of the specified day the week. (For example, Sunday)

weekday

The number of the the day of the week. See the Weekday script command.

date

The input date,

abbreviate

Specify "true" to return an abbreviated weekday name. Specify "false" to return the full weekday name. ("false" is the default)

firstdayofweek

A number from 0 to 7 that specifies the day to use as the first day of the week.

0 for  the first day of the week as defined by the systems settings.
1 for Sunday (default)
2 for Monday

3 for Tuesday

4 for Wednesday

5 for Thursday

6 for Friday

7 for Saturday

date_format

can be one of the following:

DMY (date is in DD/MM/YYYY format.)

MDY (date is in MM/DD/YYYY format.)

YMD (date is in YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY-MM-DD format.)

 

date_format may be omitted, in which case the date format is taken from the "Option DateFormat" command. If the "Option DateFormat" command is also omitted, then the date format is assumed to be the system short date format.

weekday, date, firstdayofweek and/or date_format may be variables.

The WeekdayName command returns the weekday name for the specified day of the week.

Examples

$weekday = WeekdayName($DATE)

'Returns today's weekday name in system short date format.

$weekday = WeekdayName(1)

'Returns Sunday

$weekday = WeekdayName(1, TRUE)

'Returns Sun

$weekday = WeekdayName(1, false, 2)

'Returns Monday

$weekday = WeekdayName("2015-01-01",false,ymd)

'Returns Thursday

$weekday = WeekdayName("2015-01-02",true,YMD)

'Returns Fri

 

Sample Script

' Weekday - Display the day of the week.

MsgBox("Today is = " & WeekdayName($DATE))

exit

 

See Also:

 

DateAdd

Day

Month

MonthName

Weekday

Year


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