Name

WeekdayName Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime

Synopsis

WeekdayName(Weekday, [abbreviate [, FirstDayOfWeekValue]])
Weekday required; Long

The ordinal number of the required weekday, from 1 to 7

abbreviate optional; Boolean

Specifies whether to return the full day name or an abbreviation

FirstDayOfWeekValue optional; FirstDayOfWeek constant

Member of the FirstDayOfWeek enum indicating the first day of the week

Return Value

A String

Description

Returns the name of the day. Weekday must be a number between 1 and 7, or the function generates an ArgumentException error.

The default value of abbreviate is False. For a list of the members of the FirstDayOfWeek enumeration, see the “Weekday Function” entry. The default value of FirstDayOfWeekValue is FirstDayOfWeek.Monday.

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