DayNumber

Description

Gets the day of the week of a date value and returns the number of the weekday.

Syntax

DayNumber ( date )

Argument

Description

date

The date from which you want the number of the day of the week

Returns

Integer. Returns an integer (1–7) representing the day of the week of date. Sunday is day 1, Monday is day 2, and so on.

Examples

Example 1

This expression for a computed field returns Wrong Day if the date in start_date is not a Sunday or a Monday:

If(DayNumber(start_date) > 2, "Okay", "Wrong Day")

Example 2

This expression for a computed field returns Wrong Day if the date in end_date is not a Saturday or a Sunday:

If(DayNumber(end_date) > 1 and DayNumber(end_date) 
< 7, "Okay", "Wrong Day")

Example 3

This validation rule for the column end_date ensures that the day is not a Saturday or Sunday:

DayNumber(end_date) >1 and DayNumber(end_date) < 7

See also