Weekday function
Returns a Variant (Integer) containing a whole number representing the day of the week.
Syntax
Weekday(date, [ firstdayofweek ])
The Weekday function syntax has these named arguments:
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Required. Variant, numeric expression, string expression, or any combination, that can represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned. |
| firstdayofweek | Optional. A constant that specifies the first day of the week. If not specified, vbSunday is assumed. |
Settings
The firstdayofweek argument has these settings:
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbUseSystem | 0 | Use the NLS API setting. |
| vbSunday | 1 | Sunday (default) |
| vbMonday | 2 | Monday |
| vbTuesday | 3 | Tuesday |
| vbWednesday | 4 | Wednesday |
| vbThursday | 5 | Thursday |
| vbFriday | 6 | Friday |
| vbSaturday | 7 | Saturday |
Return values
The Weekday function can return any of these 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 |
Remarks
If the Calendar property setting is Gregorian, the returned integer represents the Gregorian day of the week for the date argument.
If the calendar is Hijri, the returned integer represents the Hijri day of the week for the date argument. For Hijri dates, the argument number is any numeric expression that can represent a date and/or time from 1/1/100 (Gregorian Aug 2, 718) through 4/3/9666 (Gregorian Dec 31, 9999).
Example
This example uses the Weekday function to obtain the day of the week from a specified date.
Dim MyDate, MyWeekDay
MyDate = #February 12, 1969# ' Assign a date.
MyWeekDay = Weekday(MyDate) ' MyWeekDay contains 4 because
' MyDate represents a Wednesday.
See also
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