Day

day returns the day number (1 to 31) from a date.

Syntax

   day(DATE_EXPR)

• DATE_EXPR is an expression returning a date.

Examples

   # What is the day number today?
    CURRENT_DAY = day(date$)
   # What day was the "Bastille Day" ?
    FOURTEEN=day([14/07/1789])
   # What is the last day number of the current month (should return 28,29,30 or 31)
    LAST_DAY=day(eomonth(date$))

Description

day returns the day number of a valid date.

When the date is a null date ([0/0/0]), the function returns 0.

The type of result is Integer.

Associated errors

Error	Description
10	The argument is not a date.
56	The date is incorrect.

See also

month, year, week, month$, day$, gdat$, dayn, nday, date$, datesyst, Date.