WeekdayName Function

This page is specific to the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Reference for Office 2010.

Description

Returns a string indicating the specified day of the week.

Syntax

WeekdayName(weekday, abbreviate**,** firstdayofweek**)**

The WeekdayName function syntax has these parts:

Part

Description

weekday

Required. The numeric designation for the day of the week. Numeric value of each day depends on setting of the firstdayofweek setting.

abbreviate

Optional. Boolean value that indicates if the weekday name is to be abbreviated. If omitted, the default is False, which means that the weekday name is not abbreviated.

firstdayofweek

Optional. Numeric value indicating the first day of the week. See Settings section for values.

Settings

The firstdayofweek argument can have the following values:

Constant

Value

Description

vbUseSystem

0

Use National Language Support (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