Weekday

Purpose

This function converts an expression to a whole number that represents the day of the week.

Syntax

Weekday(date[,firstdayofweek])

Argument Description
date Any expression that can represent a date. If date contains Null, Null
firstdayofweek Constant that specifies the first day of the week. If omitted, vbSunday is used.
Constant Value Description
VbUseSystem or 0 Use National Language Support (NLS) API setting
vbSunday or 1 Sunday (default)
vbMonday or 2 Monday
vbTuesday or 3 Tuesday
vbWednesday or 4 Wednesday
vbThursday or 5 Thursday
vbFriday or 6 Friday
vbSaturday or 7 Saturday

Examples

Function Result
Weekday("01 January 2012") 1
Weekday("01-01-2012",2) 7

Where WeekdayName can be 1...7.