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[Date_GetDayOfWeek]

[Date_GetDayOfWeek] returns the day of the week from a date. If no parameter is specified then the current day of the week is returned, otherwise the day of the week is extracted from the specified date.

The result is a number from 1 to 7 where 1 represents Sunday and 7 represents Saturday. An optional -DateShortName keyword instead returns the abbreviated English day name, e.g. "Sun", and an optional -DateLongName keyword returns the full English day name, e.g. "Sunday".

The date parameter should be in standard Lasso date format.

  • Syntax
  • Parameters
[Date_GetDayOfWeek: Base Date]

[Date_GetDayOfWeek: Base Date, -DateShortName]

[Date_GetDayOfWeek: Base Date, -DateLongName]
Required Parameters
Base Date The date from which to extract the day of week.
Optional Parameters
-DateShortName If specified returns the abbreviated name of the day of week.
Examples

To output the current day of the week:

Use the [Date_GetDayOfWeek] tag. The following example uses the optional -DateLongName keyword to output the full English name for the current day of the week.

<p>The current day of the week is [Date_GetDayOfWeek: -DateLongName, (Date_GetCurrentDate)].
Result:
<p>The current day of the week is Thursday.
Tag Link [Date_GetDayOfWeek] Category Date
Type Substitution Data Source Any
Support Deprecated Version 3.0
Output Type String or Integer Security None
Implementation LCAPI Sets Lasso 5.0,LDML3x

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