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This functionality has been made obsolete by newer, better solved CDateTime available directly in core instead.

 

Description

 

The DT_GetWeekDay() function returns the week day number from a given date string.

 

Syntax

 

 DT_GetWeekDay(sDate AS STRING) AS NUMBER

 

Returns

 

Returns AS NUMBER

   If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero (1 = Monday ... 7 = Sunday).

   If the function fails, the return value is zero.

 

Parameters

 

sDate AS STRING

   The date string.

 

Remarks

 

The value of sDate parameter should be like “mm-dd-yy” or “mm-dd-yyyy”.

If the the year is two digits only the calculation is done using the century (default %DT_DATE_CENTURY).

 

Restrictions

 

 

See also

 

  DT_ GetWeekDayNameL, DT_ GetWeekDayNameS

 

 

Examples

 

MSGBOX 0, DT_GetWeekDay("06-13-05")  ' results 1