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DayOfWeek

Returns a number representing the day of the week on which a date occurs.

Format

DayOfWeek ( date )

Parameters

date - any calendar date

Data type returned

number

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description

The number 1 represents Sunday, 2 represents Monday, 3 represents Tuesday, and so on. For example, you can find out on what day of the week a holiday occurs.

Example 1

DayOfWeek ( "10/8/2019" ) returns 3.

DayOfWeek ( Date ( 10 ; 9 ; 2019 ) ) returns 4.

DayOfWeek ( ProjectDue ) returns 4 when the date in ProjectDue is 10/9/2019.