returns day of week as a number · from excel · excel: verified match · sheets: verified match

signature

WEEKDAY(serial_number, [return_type])

returns: number

argument	required
serial_number	required
return_type	optional · defaults to 1

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

related

• DATE creates date from year, month, day
• DATEDIF calculates difference between two dates
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• DAYS returns number of days between two dates
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