jddayofweek

osbo.com | PHP | Functions | jddayofweek

Returns the day of the week

jddayofweek ( int $julianday [, int $mode = CAL_DOW_DAYNO ] ) : mixed

julianday

A julian day number as integer

mode

Number	Name	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.

<?

$julianday = unixtojd();

$return = jddayofweek($julianday);

echo $return;

?>

5

<?

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

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

echo $return;

?>

5

<?

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

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

echo $return;

?>

Friday

<?

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

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

echo $return;

?>

Fri

PHP