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.

Usage

result = DAY_NAME(dt_var)

Input Parameters

dt_var — A date/time variable.

Returned Value

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

Keywords

None.

Discussion

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

Example

date = STR_TO_DT('01-01-2000', Date_Fmt=1)
day = DAY_NAME(date) 
PRINT, day 
; PV-WAVE prints: Saturday 

See Also

DAY_OF_WEEK,   DAY_OF_YEAR,   MONTH_NAME

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