This template returns the name of the weekday whose ISO week date day number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English weekday name or abbreviation (with any letter case) can be given.
Usage
Syntax
{{WEEKDAYNAME|day}}
- The day value can be any numeric expression and is interpreted modulo 7 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored).
Examples for all standard English week day names
{{WEEKDAYNAME|MONDAY}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|TUESDAY}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|WEDNESDAY}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|THURSDAY}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|FRIDAY}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|SATURDAY}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|SUNDAY}}returns Sunday
Examples for all abbreviated English week day names
{{WEEKDAYNAME|mon}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|tue}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|wed}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|thu}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|fri}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|sat}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|sun}}returns Sunday
Examples for all standard week day numbers
{{WEEKDAYNAME|0}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|1}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|2}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|3}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|4}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|5}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|6}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|7}}returns Sunday
Examples for week day numbers with extra leading zero
{{WEEKDAYNAME|00}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|01}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|02}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|03}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|04}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|05}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|06}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|07}}returns Sunday
Examples for week day number cyclic underflows and overflows, from computed values
{{WEEKDAYNAME|-701}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-700}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-699}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-7}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-6}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-5}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-4}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-3}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-2}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-1}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-0.0001}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|0.0001}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|0.9999}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|7}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|8}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|9}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|10}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|13}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|14}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|15}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|700}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|701}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|707}}returns Sunday
See also
Multiple units of time
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Single units of time
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Date and time templates made for substitution
Parser functions
- mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions
Individual templates
- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
- {{Infobox calendar date today}}