DAYNAME Day name function

Description

DAYNAME(date[,languagecode]) returns the name of the day of date. Date can either be a serial date number or a date string.

The optional argument languagecode is a two-character code that defines the language to be used. When omitted, the name of the day is given in English.

Example

When using date format MM.DD.YY:

DAYNAME("12.03.2001") returns "Monday"

DAYNAME("01.30.2012","KO") returns "월요일" (Korean)

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See also

• ISO Language codes
• DAY function
• MONTHNAME function
• List of Date and time functions