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==== Usage ====
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Returns a numerical value, indicating the day of the week corresponding to the specified date, where 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, etc2 = 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.
<syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(YYYMMdd)</syntaxhighlight>
Where: [[ :'''YYYMMdd]] ''' - a numerical expression, specifying the date in YYYMMdd format .
==== Example ==Examples ==<syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(1080101) will </syntaxhighlight>Will return a value of 2, indicating Tuesday, for January 1st, 2008 . <syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(990603)</syntaxhighlight>Will return a value of 4, indicating Thursday, for June 3rd, 1999.
<syntaxhighlight>DayOfWeek(990603CurrentDate) will </syntaxhighlight>Will return a value of 40, indicating Thursday, for June 3rd, 1999</syntaxhighlight>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]]
