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Day of the week

Syntax

Description

[N,S] = weekday(D) returns the day of the week in numeric (N) and string (S) form for each element of a serial date number array or date string. The days of the week are assigned these numbers and abbreviations:

N
S
N
S
1
Sun
5
Thu
2
Mon
6
Fri
3
Tue
7
Sat
4
Wed


Examples

Either

or

returns n = 2 and s = Mon.

See Also

datenum     Serial date number

datevec     Date components

eomday      End of month



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