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VBScript Weekday Function

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The Weekday function returns a number between 1 and 7, that represents the day of the week.

Syntax

Weekday(date[,firstdayofweek])

Parameter Description
date Required. The date expression to evaluate
firstdayofweek Optional. Specifies the first day of the week.

Can take the following values:

  • 0 = vbUseSystemDayOfWeek - Use National Language Support (NLS) API setting
  • 1 = vbSunday - Sunday (default)
  • 2 = vbMonday - Monday
  • 3 = vbTuesday - Tuesday
  • 4 = vbWednesday - Wednesday
  • 5 = vbThursday - Thursday
  • 6 = vbFriday - Friday
  • 7 = vbSaturday - Saturday

Example

Example

<script type="text/vbscript">

document.write(Weekday("2010-02-16",1) & "<br />")
document.write(Weekday("2010-02-16",2) & "<br />")
document.write(Weekday("2010-02-16",3) & "<br />")
document.write(Weekday("2010-02-16",4) & "<br />")
document.write(Weekday("2010-02-16",5) & "<br />")
document.write(Weekday("2010-02-16",6) & "<br />")

</script>

The output of the code above will be:

3
2
1
7
6
5

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