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ymd-weekday

 
 

Library: Date and time functions (OMDATE)
Include: omdate.xin
Return type: Integer

Returns: Returns the number of the day of the week.


Declaration

define integer function ymd-weekday of value string ymd

Argument definitions

ymd
is the date in "YYYYMMDD" format


Purpose

This function takes a date in "YYYYMMDD" format and returns the appropriate day of the week's number for that date, with Monday being day 1 and Sunday being day 7.

Argument:

Example:


  include "omdate.xin"
  process
      output "Today now-as-ymdhms = " 
         || now-as-ymdhms
         || "%n"
         || "Today is a day number " 
         || "d" % ymd-weekday of now-as-ymdhms 
         || "%n"
  ; Result of this program when run on a Thursday:
  ;   Today now-as-ymdhms = 20010215174159-0500
  ;   Today is a day number 4

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