Re: More on Dates (Day numbers)

> Is there a built in function that returns the day number or day of the week?
>
> Ie, I pass it 04-Dec-97, and it returns either a string ('Thursday'), or a
> number (5 - where 1=Sunday) - I'm just doing a quick test to make sure the
> user is not selecting certain days of the week. Thanks

You can use the following date formats:

D: Number of days in week: 6
DY: Three-letter abbreviation of day: FRI DAY: Day fully spelled out: FRIDAY

        Martin Received on Wed Dec 03 1997 - 00:00:00 CET