Weekday

WeekDay(date[, firstdayofweek])

Description

WeekDay returns an integer representing the day of week from a given date. The required parameter, date, is a numeric expression, a string expression, or any valid expression that can represent a date. The optional parameter, firstdayofweek, is Sunday, if not specified. The return value is an integer from the table below.

For more information about firstdayofweek constants, see DateDiff.

Table 26: WEEKDAY return values

Constant	Value	Description
vbSunday	1	Sunday
vbMonday	2	Monday
vbTuesday	3	Tuesday
vbWednesday	4	Wednesday
vbThursday	5	Thursday
vbFriday	6	Friday
vbSaturday	7	Saturday

Example (Basic)

Rem WeekDay Example
'WeekDay returns day of week as an integer

Dim IndepDay, Birthday
IndepDay = WeekDay("July 4, 1776")
PRINT "Weekday of July 4, 1776:", IndepDay
Birthday = WeekDay("12/27/70")
PRINT "Weekday of 12/27/70:", Birthday

Example (JavaScript)

// WeekDay Example
/* WeekDay returns day of week as an integer */

var IndepDay, Birthday;
IndepDay = new Date("July 4, 1776").getDay()+1;
NSB.Print("Weekday of July 4, 1776: " + IndepDay);
Birthday = new Date("12/27/70");
NSB.Print("Weekday of 12/27/70: " + (Birthday.getDay()+1));

Output

Weekday of July 4, 1776: 5
Weekday of 12/27/70: 1

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