Function

userweekday( date, return_type )

Returns the day of the week of the specified date or datetime in the user preferred calendar.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
date	Date	The date or datetime that the day of the week will be calculated from.
return_type	Number	Control for how the days of the week are numbered.

Returns

Number

Usage considerations

For the return_type parameter, use the following:

• 1 correlates 1-7 with Sunday-Saturday (default)
• 2 correlates 1-7 with Monday-Sunday
• 3 correlates 0-6 with Monday-Sunday

Examples

You can copy and paste these examples into the Expression Rule Designer to see how this works.

userweekday(07/10/2006, 1) returns 1

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Partially compatible	Can be used with Appian Portals if it is connected using an integration and web API.
Offline Mobile	Partially compatible	Can be used with offline mobile if it is loaded at the top of the form.
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.