WeekdayName
Gets the name of a week day from its integral representation
Declare Function WeekdayName ( ByVal weekday As Integer, ByVal abbreviate As Integer = 0, ByVal firstdayofweek As Integer = fbUseSystem ) As String
#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = WeekdayName( weekday [, abbreviate [, firstdayofweek ] ] )
weekday
Returns the local operating system language day of week name from the weekday value 1 to 7.
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:
The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi or datetime.bi is included.
Syntax
Declare Function WeekdayName ( ByVal weekday As Integer, ByVal abbreviate As Integer = 0, ByVal firstdayofweek As Integer = fbUseSystem ) As String
Usage
#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = WeekdayName( weekday [, abbreviate [, firstdayofweek ] ] )
Parameters
weekday
the number of the day of the week
abbreviateflag to indicate that name should be abbreviated
firstdayofweekfirst 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))
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.
See also
