jddayofweek | Functions | PHP

Returns the day of the week

Syntax

 jddayofweek(int $julian_day, int $mode = CAL_DOW_DAYNO): int|string

julian_day

A julian day number as integer

mode

Number	Constant	Description
0	CAL_DOW_DAYNO	Return the day number as an int (0=Sunday, 1=Monday, etc)
1	CAL_DOW_LONG	Returns string containing the day of week (English-Gregorian)
2	CAL_DOW_SHORT	Return a string containing the abbreviated day of week (English-Gregorian)

The gregorian weekday as either an integer or string.

<?

$julian_day = unixtojd();

$return = jddayofweek($julian_day);

echo $return;

?>

<?

$julian_day = unixtojd();
$mode = CAL_DOW_DAYNO;

$return = jddayofweek($julian_day, $mode);

echo $return;

?>

<?

$julian_day = unixtojd();
$mode = CAL_DOW_LONG;

$return = jddayofweek($julian_day, $mode);

echo $return;

?>

Thursday

<?

$julian_day = unixtojd();
$mode = CAL_DOW_SHORT;

$return = jddayofweek($julian_day, $mode);

echo $return;

?>

Thu