Day$
day$ returns a string that contains the name of the day (in the week) that corresponds to the date given as an argument. The result is given in the current connection language.
day$(DATE_EXPRESSION)
day$(INTEGER_EXPRESSION)DATE_EXPRESSION is an expression that returns a date value.INTEGER_EXPRESSION is an expression that returns an integer value. # Which day was the Bastille Day?
TUESDAY=day$([14/07/1789]) : # TUESDAY contains "Tuesday" if connected in English, "Mardi" if connected in French
# Let's fill a string with the date in a sentence
MYDATE="Today we are"-day$(date$)-month$(date$)-num$(day(date$))+","-num$(year(date$))
# Returns a text like "Today we are Monday December 9, 2013"day$ returns the name of the day from a valid date. If a numeric argument is given, the result is the name of the day with the following:
1=Monday, 2=Tuesday... 7=Sunday.
If the number is not in the right [1,7] range, a 7 modulus calculation is done to bring it to the right range. For example, day$(9) is equal to day$(2).
The result type is Char.
| Error | Description |
|---|---|
| 10 | The argument is not a number. |
day, month$, month, year, dayn, nday, date$, Date.