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NameOfDay ( TheDate )

Returns the name of the specified date

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Ken Newell
Hamilton Glaucoma Center UCSD

Sample input:

NameOfDay (GetAsDate( "5/11/2004") )

Sample output:

Tuesday

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Case(
DayOfWeek (TheDate) = 1; "Sunday";
DayOfWeek (TheDate) = 2; "Monday";
DayOfWeek (TheDate) = 3; "Tuesday";
DayOfWeek (TheDate) = 4; "Wednesday";
DayOfWeek (TheDate) = 5; "Thursday";
DayOfWeek (TheDate) = 6; "Friday";
DayOfWeek (TheDate) = 7; "Saturday";
"")

Simple way to get the day name from a date.

Comments

		Steve, Lancaster Sep 27, 2011
Is there any difference between this and the built-in native "DayName" function?

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