WeekdayName

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WeekdayName

Gets the name of a week day from its integral representation

Syntax

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

Usage

#include "vbcompat.bi" result = WeekdayName( weekday [, abbreviate [, firstdayofweek ] ] )

Parameters

weekday

the number of the day of the week

abbreviate

flag to indicate that name should be abbreviated

firstdayofweek

first day of the week

Return Value

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

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.

Example

#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))

Differences from QB

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