Function Name:
weekday
Function Signature:
weekday()
Function Overview:
The weekday() function of date class in datetime module, returns an integer
corresponding to the day of the week. Here is the mapping of integer values to the days of the week.
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Integer Value |
Day of the week |
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0 |
Monday |
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1 |
Tuesday |
|
2 |
Wednesday |
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3 |
Thursday |
|
4 |
Friday |
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5 |
Saturday |
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6 |
Sunday |
Example:
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# import Python's datetime module import datetime
# weekdays as a tuple weekDays = ("Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday")
# Find out what day of the week is this year's Christmas
thisXMas = datetime.date(2017,12,25) thisXMasDay = thisXMas.weekday() thisXMasDayAsString = weekDays[thisXMasDay]
print("This year's Christmas is on a {}".format(thisXMasDayAsString))
# Find out what day of the week next new year is nextNewYear = datetime.date(2018,1,1) nextNewYearDay = nextNewYear.weekday() nextNewYearDayAsString = weekDays[nextNewYearDay]
print("Next new year is on a {}".format(nextNewYearDayAsString))
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Output:
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This year's Christmas is on a Monday Next new year is on a Monday |