WEEKDAY_NR

Script Functions: Returns the day of a week of a given date as a number

Syntax

WEEKDAY_NR ([Date Format:]Date)

Syntax

Description/Format

Date

Date in YYMMDD or YYYYMMDD format

Format: script literal or script variable

(Optional) You can specify a different date format: enter the desired date format, a separator (: or ;) and the date.


Return codes

"1" - Monday
"2" - Tuesday
"3" - Wednesday
"4" - Thursday
"5" - Friday
"6" - Saturday
"7" - Sunday

Optionally, you may specify a particular Date Format. The default Date Formats to be used are "YYMMDD" or "YYYYMMDD". A colon or semicolon may be used as a separator between Date Format and Date.

Examples

In these examples, the functions return the values "5" and "6" for the specified date.

:SET &SILVESTER_2000# = WEEKDAY_NR('DD.MM.YY:31.12.99')
:
SET &NEWYEAR_2000# = WEEKDAY_NR("DD.MM.YYYY:01.01.2000")

See also:

seealso

Script Date and Time Functions

Date, Time and Period Formats in Scripts