Template:WEEKDAYNAME/doc

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This template returns the name of the weekday whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English weekday name or abbreviation (with any letter case) can be given.

Syntax edit

{{WEEKDAYNAME|day}}

The day value can be any numeric expression and is interpreted modulo 7 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored), so it accepts any valid Julian day timestamp.

Example with a timestamp edit

{{WEEKDAYNAME|{{JULIANDAY|2000|01|01}}}} returns Saturday.

Examples for all standard English week day names edit

{{WEEKDAYNAME|MONDAY}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|TUESDAY}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|WEDNESDAY}} returns Wednesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|THURSDAY}} returns Thursday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|FRIDAY}} returns Friday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|SATURDAY}} returns Saturday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|SUNDAY}} returns Sunday

Examples for all abbreviated English week day names edit

{{WEEKDAYNAME|mon}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|tue}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|wed}} returns Wednesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|thu}} returns Thursday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|fri}} returns Friday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|sat}} returns Saturday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|sun}} returns Sunday

Examples for all standard week day numbers edit

{{WEEKDAYNAME|0}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|1}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|2}} returns Wednesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|3}} returns Thursday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|4}} returns Friday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|5}} returns Saturday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|6}} returns Sunday

Examples for week day numbers with extra leading zero edit

{{WEEKDAYNAME|00}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|01}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|02}} returns Wednesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|03}} returns Thursday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|04}} returns Friday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|05}} returns Saturday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|06}} returns Sunday

Examples for week day number cyclic underflows and overflows, from computed values edit

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-701}} returns Sunday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-700}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-699}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-7}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-6}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-5}} returns Wednesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-4}} returns Thursday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-3}} returns Friday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-2}} returns Saturday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|-1}} returns Sunday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|7}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|8}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|9}} returns Wednesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|10}} returns Thursday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|13}} returns Sunday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|14}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|15}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|700}} returns Monday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|701}} returns Tuesday

{{WEEKDAYNAME|707}} returns Monday

Multiple units of time edit


Type	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
Date and time	{{time}}	{{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}}
Date only	{{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week)	{{Date}} (Chose format) {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) {{TODAY}} (DMY)	{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}}	{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}}
Month and year only		{{Monthyear}}	{{Monthyear-1}}	{{Monthyear+1}}
Time only	{{Timeonly}}	{{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format)
Banners		{{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles)
Timestamp		{{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss)

Single units of time edit


Unit of time	Adjustable	Current	Last	Next
SECOND		{{CURRENTSECOND}}
MINUTE		{{CURRENTMINUTE}}
HOUR		{{CURRENTHOUR}}
WEEK		{{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}}
Day of Week	{{DAYOFWEEK}}	{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}}
MONTH	{{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded)	{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}}	{{LASTMONTHNAME}}	{{NEXTMONTHNAME}}
Day of Month		{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded)
YEAR		{{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}	{{LASTYEAR}}	{{NEXTYEAR}}
Day of Year		{{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}}
DECADE	{{DECADE}}	{{CURRENTDECADE}}
CENTURY	{{CENTURY}}	{{CURRENTCENTURY}}
MILLENNIUM	{{MILLENNIUM}}

Date and time templates made for substitution: edit

Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Apr
{{Nmonth}} produces Jun
{{LastMonth}} produces April 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces June 2024