DAY_NAME Function

Standard Library procedure that returns a string array or string constant containing the name of the day of the week for each day in a Date/Time variable.

result = DAY_NAME(dt_var)

dt_var A date/time variable.

result A string array or string constant containing the name of the day of the week for each input Date/Time value.

None.

The names of the days of the week are string values taken from the system variable !Day_Names.

date = TODAY( ) 
day = DAY_NAME(date) 
PRINT, day 

Monday 

DAY_OF_WEEK, DAY_OF_YEAR, MONTH_NAME

For more information on Date/Time data, see the PV-WAVE User's Guide.