WEEKDAY(boolean-expression)

Returns the current day of the week as a number:

0 = Sunday
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday

Pass TRUE to return the local day (adjusted by system time zone), or FALSE for UTC.

Examples

PRINT "Local weekday = "; WEEKDAY(TRUE)

PRINT "UTC weekday = "; WEEKDAY(FALSE)

REM Print message if it's the weekend
d = WEEKDAY(TRUE)
IF d = 0 OR d = 6 THEN
    PRINT "It's the weekend!"
ELSE
    PRINT "It's a weekday."
ENDIF

REM Map weekday number to name
DIM dayNames$, 7
dayNames$(0) = "Sunday"
dayNames$(1) = "Monday"
dayNames$(2) = "Tuesday"
dayNames$(3) = "Wednesday"
dayNames$(4) = "Thursday"
dayNames$(5) = "Friday"
dayNames$(6) = "Saturday"
 
PRINT "Today is "; dayNames$(WEEKDAY(TRUE))

Notes

Returns an integer in the range 0–6.
Local time depends on configured time zone. Without configuration, local and UTC values are identical.
Use together with DAY, MONTH, and YEAR for full date handling.

See also: DAY · MONTH · YEAR · HOUR · MINUTE · SECOND