DayName

Description

Determines the day of the week in a date value and returns the weekday’s name.

Syntax

DayName ( date )

Argument	Description
date	A date value for which you want the name of the day

Returns

String. Returns a string whose value is the weekday (Sunday, Monday, and so on) of date. If date is null, DayName returns null.

Usage

DayName returns a name in the language of the runtime files available on the machine where the application is run. If you have installed localized runtime files in the development environment or on a user’s machine, then on that machine the name returned by DayName is in the language of the localized files.

Examples

Example 1

These statements evaluate the date literal 1993-07-04 and set day_name to Sunday:

string day_name

day_name = DayName(1993-07-04)

Example 2

These statements check to be sure the date in sle_date is valid, and if so set day_name to the day in sle_date:

string day_name

IF IsDate(sle_date.Text) THEN

    day_name = DayName(Date(sle_date.Text))

ELSE

    MessageBox("Error", &

    "This date is invalid: " &

    + sle_date.Text)

END IF