====== WeekdayName(date) ======
Category:  Date and Time function

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=====Description=====
This function returns the abbreviated name of the day //date// falls on.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|date|Date or Number (date serial)|An expression representing a date to derive the weekday name from.|

**Return value type:** Text (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat)

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=====Remarks=====
The //date// argument can take any value or expression that evaluates to a date serial value.  Examples include:  
  * A date string:  #2019-12-12
  * A date serial value: 43811 (the date serial for "2019-12-12")
  * A date value created using any of the Date/Time functions that returns a date serial value.

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=====Examples=====

  weekdayname(44448)  //Returns 'Thu' (44448 represents 2021-09-09)

  weekdayname(#1910-05-01)  //Returns 'Sun'

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=====See also=====
  * [[syntax:functions:isoweeknumber|ISOWeekNumber(date)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:isweekend|IsWeekend(date)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:weekday|Weekday(date)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:weekend|WeekEnd(date)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:weekstart|WeekStart(date)]]