function DayOfWeek ( Date : TDateTime ) : Integer;
Description
The DayOfWeek function returns an index number for the day of the week : 1 = Sunday
2 = Monday
3 = Tuesday
4 = Wednesday
5 = Thursday
6 = Friday
7 = Saturday
Notes
Warning : This is NOT ISO 8601 compliant.
DayOfTheWeek is ISO 8601 compliant, and uses Monday as the start of the week.
Related commands
DayOfTheMonth Gives day of month index for a TDateTime value (ISO 8601)
DayOfTheWeek Gives day of week index for a TDateTime value (ISO 8601)
DayOfTheYear Gives the day of the year for a TDateTime value (ISO 8601)
MonthOfTheYear Gives the month of the year for a TDateTime value
Example code : Show the day of the week for Christmas 2002
var
myDate : TDateTime;
day : string;
begin
myDate := EncodeDate(2002, 12, 31);
day := LongDayNames[DayOfWeek(myDate)];
ShowMessage('Christmas day 2002 is on a '+day);
end;
Show full unit code
Christmas day 2002 is on a Tuesday