weekday() Function

Function

weekday( date, return_type )

Returns the day of the week of the specified date.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
date	Date	The date that the day of the week will be calculated from
return_type	Integer	Controls how the days of the week are numbered with 1 correlating 1-7 with Sunday-Saturday, 2 correlating 1-7 with Monday-Sunday, and 3 correlating 0-6 with Monday-Sunday.

Returns

Integer

Usage considerations

The default value of return_type is 1.

Examples

weekday(date(2011,12,13)) returns 3

Feature compatibility

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

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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