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

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{{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

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

Examples for all standard English week day names

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{{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

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{{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

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{{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

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{{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

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{{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

See also

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Multiple units of time

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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

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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:

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Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Oct
{{Nmonth}} produces Dec
{{LastMonth}} produces October 2024
{{NextMonth}} produces December 2024


Individual templates

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Categories of templates

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