WEEKDAY                                                              Function

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

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

Output

WEEKDAY of July 4, 1776:   5

WEEKDAY of 12/27/70:1

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