function date_day_of_week_name in Date 5.2

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 6.2 date_api.module \date_day_of_week_name()
2. 6 date_api.module \date_day_of_week_name()
3. 7.3 date_api/date_api.module \date_day_of_week_name()
4. 7 date_api/date_api.module \date_day_of_week_name()
5. 7.2 date_api/date_api.module \date_day_of_week_name()

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

Parameters

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

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

string $abbr: Whether to return the abbreviated name for that day

Return value

the name of the day in the week for that date

File

./date_api.module, line 803

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_name($date = NULL, $abbr = TRUE, $type = DATE_DATETIME) {
  $dow = date_day_of_week($date, $type);
  $days = $abbr ? date_week_days_abbr() : date_week_days();
  return $days[$dow];
}