1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3<!--*********************************************************** 4 * 5 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7 * distributed with this work for additional information 8 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12 * 13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14 * 15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20 * under the License. 21 * 22 ***********************************************************--> 23 24<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25<meta> 26<topic id="textscalc01func_weekdayxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">WEEKDAY</title> 28<filename>/text/scalc/01/func_weekday.xhp</filename> 29</topic> 30</meta> 31<body> 32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154925"> 33<bookmark_value>WEEKDAY function</bookmark_value> 34</bookmark> 35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SC_HID_FUNC_WOCHENTAG" id="bm_id3152359" localize="false"/> 36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154925" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U"><variable id="weekday"><link href="text/scalc/01/func_weekday.xhp">WEEKDAY</link> 37</variable></paragraph> 38<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154228" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_WOCHENTAG">Returns the day of the week for the given date value.</ahelp> The day is returned as an integer between 1 (Sunday) and 7 (Saturday) if no type or type=1 is specified. If type=2, numbering begins at Monday=1; and if type=3 numbering begins at Monday=0.</paragraph> 39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147217" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Syntax</paragraph> 40<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149033" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">WEEKDAY(Number; Type)</paragraph> 41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149046" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Number</emph>, as a date value, is a decimal for which the weekday is to be returned.</paragraph> 42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Type</emph> determines the type of calculation. For Type=1, the weekdays are counted starting from Sunday (this is the default even when the Type parameter is missing). For Type=2, the weekdays are counted starting from Monday=1. For Type=3, the weekdays are counted starting from Monday=0.</paragraph> 43<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3156188" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">These values apply only to the standard date format that you select under <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</emph>.</paragraph> 44<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153836" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U">Examples</paragraph> 45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150317" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">=WEEKDAY("2000-06-14") returns 4 (the Type parameter is missing, therefore the standard count is used. The standard count starts with Sunday as day number 1. June 14, 2000 was a Wednesday and therefore day number 4).</paragraph> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153174" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">=WEEKDAY("1996-07-24";2) returns 3 (the Type parameter is 2, therefore Monday is day number 1. July 24, 1996 was a Wednesday and therefore day number 3).</paragraph> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153525" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">=WEEKDAY("1996-07-24";1) returns 4 (the Type parameter is 1, therefore Sunday is day number 1. July 24, 1996 was a Wednesday and therefore day number 4).</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">=WEEKDAY(NOW()) returns the number of the current day.</paragraph> 49<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3150588" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To obtain a function indicating whether a day in A1 is a business day, use the IF and WEEKDAY functions as follows:<br/>IF(WEEKDAY(A1;2)<6;"Business day";"Weekend")</paragraph> 50</body> 51</helpdocument> 52