VBA - WeekDay Name
The WeekDayName function returns the name of the weekday for the specified day.
Syntax
WeekdayName(weekday[,abbreviate[,firstdayofweek]])
Parameter Description
Weekday − A required parameter. The number of the weekday.
Toabbreviate − An optional parameter. A Boolean value that indicates if the month name is to be abbreviated. If left blank, the default value would be taken as False.
Firstdayofweek − An optional parameter. Specifies the first day of the week.
0 = vbUseSystemDayOfWeek - Use National Language Support (NLS) API setting
1 = vbSunday - Sunday
2 = vbMonday - Monday
3 = vbTuesday - Tuesday
4 = vbWednesday - Wednesday
5 = vbThursday - Thursday
6 = vbFriday - Friday
7 = vbSaturday - Saturday
Example
Add a button and add the following function.
Private Sub Constant_demo_Click() msgbox("Line 1 : " &WeekdayName(3)) msgbox("Line 2 : " &WeekdayName(2,True)) msgbox("Line 3 : " &WeekdayName(1,False)) msgbox("Line 4 : " &WeekdayName(2,True,0)) msgbox("Line 5 : " &WeekdayName(1,False,1)) End Sub
When you execute the above function, it produces the following output.
Line 1 : Tuesday Line 2 : Mon Line 3 : Sunday Line 4 : Tue Line 5 : Sunday