Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition WeekdayName Function | Language Reference Version 2

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##### 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

##### Remarks

> The following example uses the WeekDayName function to return the specified day:

> >     Dim MyDate
> >     MyDate = WeekDayName(6, True)  'MyDate contains Fri.

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