GetDayOfWeek Method

GregorianCalendar.GetDayOfWeek Method

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Returns the day of the week in the specified DateTime.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function GetDayOfWeek ( _
	time As DateTime _
) As DayOfWeek

Parameters

time
Type: System.DateTime
The DateTime to read.

Return Value

Type: System.DayOfWeek
A DayOfWeek value that represents the day of the week in time.

The DayOfWeek values are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

The following code example displays the values of several components of a DateTime in terms of the Gregorian calendar.


Imports System.Globalization

Public Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      ' Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar.
      Dim myDT As New DateTime(2002, 4, 3, New GregorianCalendar())

      ' Creates an instance of the GregorianCalendar.
      Dim myCal As New GregorianCalendar()

      ' Displays the values of the DateTime.
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:") & vbCrLf
      DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT)

      ' Adds two years and ten months.
      myDT = myCal.AddYears(myDT, 2)
      myDT = myCal.AddMonths(myDT, 10)

      ' Displays the values of the DateTime.
      outputBlock.Text &= "After adding two years and ten months:" & vbCrLf
      DisplayValues(outputBlock, myCal, myDT)
   End Sub 

   Public Shared Sub DisplayValues(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock, _
                                   ByVal myCal As Calendar, ByVal myDT As DateTime)
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   Era:        {0}", myCal.GetEra(myDT)) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   Year:       {0}", myCal.GetYear(myDT)) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   Month:      {0}", myCal.GetMonth(myDT)) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   DayOfYear:  {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear(myDT)) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myDT)) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   DayOfWeek:  {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek(myDT)) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf
   End Sub 
End Class 
' This example produces the following output.
'       April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:
'          Era:        1
'          Year:       2002
'          Month:      4
'          DayOfYear:  93
'          DayOfMonth: 3
'          DayOfWeek:  Wednesday
'       
'       After adding two years and ten months:
'          Era:        1
'          Year:       2005
'          Month:      2
'          DayOfYear:  34
'          DayOfMonth: 3
'          DayOfWeek:  Thursday


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Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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