Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Weekday Function | Language Reference Version 1

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##### Description

> Returns a whole number representing the day of the week.

##### Syntax

> Weekday(date, [firstdayofweek])

> The Weekday function syntax has these arguments:

> Part | Description
> date | Any expression that can represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned.
> firstdayofweek | A constant that specifies the first day of the week. If omitted, vbSunday is assumed.

##### Settings

> The firstdayofweek argument has these settings:

> Constant | Value | Description
> vbUseSystem | 0 | Use National Language Support (NLS) API setting.
> vbSunday | 1 | Sunday
> 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

> The following example uses the Weekday function to obtain the day of the week from a specified date:

> >     Dim MyDate, MyWeekDay
> >     MyDate = #October 19, 1962#    ' Assign a date.
> >     MyWeekDay = Weekday(MyDate)    ' MyWeekDay contains 6 because
> >                                    ' MyDate represents a Friday.

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