function date_day_of_week in Date 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 5.2 date_api.module \date_day_of_week()
2. 6.2 date_api.module \date_day_of_week()
3. 7.3 date_api/date_api.module \date_day_of_week()
4. 7 date_api/date_api.module \date_day_of_week()
5. 7.2 date_api/date_api.module \date_day_of_week()

Returns day of week for a given date (0 = Sunday).

Parameters

mixed $date: a date, default is current local day

string $type: The type of date, DATE_ISO, DATE_DATETIME, or DATE_UNIX

Return value

the number of the day in the week

2 calls to date_day_of_week()

date_day_of_week_name in ./date_api.module

Returns translated name of the day of week for a given date.

date_php4.inc in date_php4/date_php4.inc

File

./date_api.module, line 685

This module will make the date API available to other modules. Designed to provide a light but flexible assortment of functions and constants, with more functionality in additional files that are not loaded unless other modules specifically include them.

Code

function date_day_of_week($date = NULL, $type = DATE_OBJECT) {
  if (empty($date)) {
    $date = date_now();
    $type = DATE_OBJECT;
  }
  $date = date_convert($date, $type, DATE_OBJECT);
  if (is_object($date)) {
    return date_format($date, 'w');
  }
  return NULL;
}