{"id":535,"date":"2014-10-04T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=535"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:16:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:16:32","slug":"weekday-function-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/weekday-function-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKDAY function: Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Returns the day of the week corresponding to a date.\u00a0 The day is given as an integer, ranging from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday), by default.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=WEEKDAY(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Serial_Number<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">[Return_Type]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=WEEKDAY(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Date<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">[Numbers 1 (Sunday) through 7 (Saturday)]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/category\/formulas\/date-time\/weekday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEEKDAY function<\/a> returns the day of the week corresponding to a date.\u00a0 The day is given as an integer, ranging from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to find out on what day you were born, then the <strong>WEEKDAY<\/strong> function will remind you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Frv7W78EEic?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Weekday.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Weekday.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Weekday.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> Enter any date that you want.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday1.png\" alt=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\" width=\"411\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday1.png 411w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday1-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong> <\/span>The <strong>WEEKDAY<\/strong> arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/weekday-function-introduction\/#Date\" title=\"Date\">Date<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/weekday-function-introduction\/#Return_Type\" title=\"Return_Type\">Return_Type<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Date\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Date<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select the date you have entered<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=WEEKDAY(B13,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday2.png\" alt=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\" width=\"474\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday2.png 474w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday2-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Return_Type\"><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Return_Type<\/span><\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What kind of output?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Type in 1 to get the number of the day of the week<\/p>\n<p>We get a result of 7 here, which signifies a <strong>Saturday<\/strong>. As Type 1 represents days <strong>ranging from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday).<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=WEEKDAY(B13, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday3.png\" alt=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\" width=\"486\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday3.png 486w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday3-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we know the day in an instant!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday4.png\" alt=\"VLOOKUP Function: Introduction\" width=\"410\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday4.png 410w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weekday4-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the Weekday Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does it do? Returns the day of the week corresponding to a date.\u00a0 The day is given as an integer, ranging from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday), by default. Formula breakdown: =WEEKDAY(Serial_Number, [Return_Type]) What it means: =WEEKDAY(Date, [Numbers 1 (Sunday) through 7 (Saturday)]) The WEEKDAY function returns the day of the week corresponding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"WEEKDAY function: Introduction","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[13,3,296],"tags":[43,60],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}