Weekdayname

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WeekdayName

Returns the name of a weekday number in the system's language, or its abbreviation.

Syntax

Declare Function WeekdayName ( ByVal weekday As Long, ByVal abbreviate As Long = 0, ByVal firstdayofweek As Long = fbUseSystem ) As String

Parameters

• weekday
• abbreviate
• firstdayofweek

Description

How weekday is interpreted depends on the firstdayofweek parameter.

If abbreviate is true, a 3 letter abbreviation is returned, if false or omitted, the whole name is returned.

firstdayofweek is an optional parameter specified as follows:

value	first day of week	constant
omitted	sunday
0	local settings	fbUseSystem
1	sunday	fbSunday
2	monday	fbMonday
3	tuesday	fbTuesday
4	wednesday	fbWednesday
5	thursday	fbThursday
6	friday	fbFriday
7	saturday	fbSaturday

The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi or datetime.bi is included.

Return Value

Returns the local operating system language day of week name from the weekday value 1 to 7.

Remarks

Usage

#include "vbcompat.bi"

result = WeekdayName( weekday [, abbreviate [, firstdayofweek ] ] )

Differences from QB

• Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in Visual Basic.

Examples

#include "vbcompat.bi"

Dim a As Double = DateSerial(2005, 11, 28) + TimeSerial(7, 30, 50)

Print Format(a, "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss "); WeekdayName(Weekday(a))

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Category: Date and Time Functions
Kind: function

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