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Returns a numerical value, indicating the day of the week corresponding to the specified date, | Returns a numerical value, indicating the day of the week corresponding to the specified date, 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, 3 = Wednesday, 4 = Thursday, 5 = Friday and 6 = Saturday. | ||
The Date is specified in the YYYMMdd format, where YYY is the number of years since 1900, MM is the month, and dd is the day of the month. | The Date is specified in the ''YYYMMdd'' format, where YYY is the number of years since 1900, MM is the month, and dd is the day of the month. | ||
== Usage == | |||
<syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(YYYMMdd)</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Where: | |||
DayOfWeek(990603) | :'''YYYMMdd''' - a numerical expression, specifying the date in YYYMMdd format. | ||
== Examples == | |||
<syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(1080101)</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Will return a value of 2, indicating Tuesday, for January 1st, 2008. | |||
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DayOfWeek(990603)</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Will return a value of 4, indicating Thursday, for June 3rd, 1999. | |||
<syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(CurrentDate)</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Will return a value of 0, indicating that today is a Sunday. | |||
<syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(Date)</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Will return a value of 5 if the day of the current bar was a Friday. | |||
[[Category:Date and Time Routines]] | [[Category:Date and Time Routines]] |