WeekdayName Function [VBA]

The WeekdayName function returns the weekday name of a specified day of the week.

warning

This function or constant is enabled with the statement Option VBASupport 1 placed before the executable program code in a module.


Syntax:


        WeekdayName(Weekday as Integer [,Abbreviate as Boolean [,FirstDayofWeek as Integer]])
    

Return value:

String

Parameters:

Weekday: Value from 1 to 7, Mon­day to Sun­day, whose Week Day Name need to be calculated.

Abbreviate: Optional. A Boolean value that indicates if the weekday name is to be abbreviated.

FirstDayofWeek: Optional. Specifies the first day of the week.

First day of Week:

Named constant

Value

Description

vbUseSystemDayOfWeek

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


Error codes:

None

Example:


        REM  *****  BASIC  *****
        Option VBASupport 1
        Sub Example_WeekdayName
         Dim tgf as Integer
         tgf = 6
         print tgf &" "& WeekdayName(tgf,False,vbSunday)
        End Sub
    

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