Financial Toolbox

weekday

Day of the week

Syntax

• [DayNum, DayString] = weekday(Date)
  

Description

[DayNum, DayString] = weekday(Date) returns the day of the week in numeric and string form given the date as a serial date number or date string. The days of the week have these values.

DayNum	DayString
1	Sun
2	Mon
3	Tue
4	Wed
5	Thu
6	Fri
7	Sat

Note    This function now ships with basic MATLAB. It originally shipped only with the Financial Toolbox. This description remains here for your convenience.

Examples

• [DayNum, DayString] = weekday(730845)
  

or

• [DayNum, DayString] = weekday('25-Dec-2000')
  

returns

• DayNum =
  
       2
  
  DayString =
  
  Mon
  

See Also

datenum, datestr, datevec, day

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