Returns the day of the week for a given date.
Sample Usage
WEEKDAY("7/9/2019")
WEEKDAY(C5)
Syntax
WEEKDAY(date, [type])
- date - The date for which to determine the day of the week.
- type - [OPTIONAL] A number indicating which numbering system to use to represent weekdays.
Examples
WEEKDAY("7/9/2019") returns 3, which represents the day of the week corresponding to the given date (Tuesday).
WEEKDAY(C5) returns the day of the week that the date value in C5 falls on.
Notes
- If type is left unspecified or is set to 1, Sunday marks the start of a week and the value of Sunday is 1, therefore the value of Saturday is 7.
- If type is set to 2, Monday marks the start of the week and the value of Monday is 1, therefore the value of Sunday is 7.
- If type is set to 3, Monday marks the start of the week and the value of Monday is 0, therefore the value of Sunday is 6.