Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual
Product codes
TJ083LL/A
34 FileMaker Functions Reference
DayNameJ
Format
DayNameJ(date)
Parameter
date - any calendar date
Data type returned
text
Description
Returns a text string in Japanese that is the full name of the weekday for date.
Important
To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years. For more
information about how FileMaker Pro handles two-digit dates, see FileMaker Pro help.
Example
DayNameJ(Date(4;4;2003)) returns
DayOfWeek
Format
DayOfWeek(date)
Parameter
date - any calendar date
Data type returned
number
Description
Returns a number representing the day of the week that date falls on. The number 1
represents Sunday, 2 represents Monday, 3 represents Tuesday, and so on. For
example, you can find out what day of the week a holiday falls on.
example, you can find out what day of the week a holiday falls on.
Important
To avoid errors when using dates, always use four-digit years. For more
information about how FileMaker Pro handles two-digit dates, see FileMaker Pro help.
Examples
DayOfWeek(“10/8/2004”) returns
6
.
DayOfWeek(Date(10;9;2004)) returns
7
.
DayOfWeek(ProjectDue) returns
2
when the date in ProjectDue is 10/11/2004.