WeekdayName Function

Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition
WeekdayName Function

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

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.

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