Tuesday, November 5

WEEKDAY Function To Extract Day From Date

DEFINITION: Weekday Function Returns The Day Of The Week In Numeric Number From A Give Valid Date Or A Date Serial Number. By Default Weekday Returns 1 For Sunday And 7 For Saturday. To Find The Serial Number Of A Date Change The Cell Format To General Of A Cell Which Contain The Valid Date And Try Adding Serial Number In Place Of Date And You Will Get The Same Result.

SYNTAX:- =WEEKDAY (SERIAL_NUMBER, [RETURN_TYPE]) Return Type Is optional As It Is In Square Brackets. Any Parameter In Excel Having Square Bracket Is Consider As Optional.

Return TypeDescription
1Returns A Number From 1 (Sunday) To 7 (Saturday). Default
2Returns A Number From 1 (Monday) To 7 (Sunday).
3Returns A Number From 0 (Monday) To 6 (Sunday).
11Returns A Number From 1 (Monday) To 7 (Sunday).
12Returns A Number From 1 (Tuesday) To 7 (Monday).
13Returns A Number From 1 (Wednesday) To 7 (Tuesday).
14Returns A Number From 1 (Thursday) To 7 (Wednesday).
15Returns A Number From 1 (Friday) To 7 (Thursday).
16Returns A Number From 1 (Saturday) To 7 (Friday).
17Returns A Number From 1 (Sunday) To 7 (Saturday).

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