WEEKDAY supports several numbering schemes, controlled by the return_type argument. Return_type is optional and defaults to 1. The table below shows available return_type codes, the numeric result of each code, and which day is the first day in the mapping scheme. Note: the WEEKDAY function will return a value even when the date is empty. Take care to trap this result if blank dates are possible.
Examples
By default and without a value fore return_type, WEEKDAY starts counting on Sunday: To configure WEEKDAY to start on Monday, set return_type to 2: In the example shown above, the formula in D5 (copied down) is: The formula in E5 (copied down) is:
Notes
By default, WEEKDAY returns 1 for Sunday and 7 for Saturday. WEEKDAY returns a value (7) even if the date is empty.
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