Returns a Variant (Integer) containing a whole number representing the day of the week.
Syntax
Weekday( date [, firstdayofweek ] )
The Weekday function syntax has these arguments:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Required. Variant, numeric expression, string expression, or any combination of these that can represent a date. If date contains Null, Null is returned. |
| firstdayofweek | Optional. A constant that specifies the first day of the week. If not specified, vbSunday is assumed. |
Settings
The firstdayofweek argument has these settings:
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbUseSystem | 0 | Use the 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 |
Return Values
The Weekday function can return any of these values:
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbSunday | 1 | Sunday |
| vbMonday | 2 | Monday |
| vbTuesday | 3 | Tuesday |
| vbWednesday | 4 | Wednesday |
| vbThursday | 5 | Thursday |
| vbFriday | 6 | Friday |
| vbSaturday | 7 | Saturday |
Remarks
If the Calendar property setting is Gregorian, the returned integer represents the Gregorian day of the week for the date argument. If the calendar is Hijri, the returned integer represents the Hijri day of the week for the date argument. For Hijri dates, the argument number is any numeric expression that can represent a date and/or time from 1/1/100 (Gregorian Aug 2, 718) through 4/3/9666 (Gregorian Dec 31, 9999).
Query examples
| Expression | Results |
|---|---|
| SELECT DateofSale, Weekday([DateofSale]) AS Expr1 FROM ProductSales; | Returns the values from the field "DateofSale" and number representing the 'Weekday' of these date values. (By default Sunday is considered the first day of the week; 1). |
| SELECT DateofSale, Weekday([DateofSale],2) AS NewWeekDay FROM ProductSales; | Returns the values from the field "DateofSale" and number representing the 'Weekday' of these date values. (considering Monday as first day of the week). |
VBA example
Note
Examples that follow demonstrate the use of this function in a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) module. For more information about working with VBA, select Developer Reference in the drop-down list next to Search and enter one or more terms in the search box.
This example uses the Weekday function to obtain the day of the week from a specified date.
Dim MyDate, MyWeekDay
MyDate = #February 12, 1969# ' Assign a date.
MyWeekDay = Weekday(MyDate)
' MyWeekDay contains 4 because
' MyDate represents a Wednesday.