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")