Method Name:
weekday
Method Signature:
weekday()
Method Overview:
- Returns the integer mapping corresponding the day of the week.
Return Values:
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Integer returned by weekday() |
Day of the week |
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0 |
Monday |
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1 |
Tuesday |
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2 |
Wednesday |
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3 |
Thursday |
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4 |
Friday |
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5 |
Saturday |
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6 |
Sunday |
Example:
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import datetime
weekDaysMapping = ("Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Sunday")
dateTimeInstance = datetime.datetime(2017,1,2,00,00,00) dayOfTheWeek = weekDaysMapping[dateTimeInstance.weekday()] print("{} falls on a {}".format(dateTimeInstance, dayOfTheWeek))
nextDay = dateTimeInstance.replace(day=3) dayOfTheWeek = weekDaysMapping[nextDay.weekday()] print("{} falls on a {}".format(nextDay, dayOfTheWeek))
nextDay = dateTimeInstance.replace(day=4) dayOfTheWeek = weekDaysMapping[nextDay.weekday()] print("{} falls on a {}".format(nextDay, dayOfTheWeek))
nextDay = dateTimeInstance.replace(day=5) dayOfTheWeek = weekDaysMapping[nextDay.weekday()] print("{} falls on a {}".format(nextDay, dayOfTheWeek))
nextDay = dateTimeInstance.replace(day=6) dayOfTheWeek = weekDaysMapping[nextDay.weekday()] print("{} falls on a {}".format(nextDay, dayOfTheWeek))
nextDay = dateTimeInstance.replace(day=7) dayOfTheWeek = weekDaysMapping[nextDay.weekday()] print("{} falls on a {}".format(nextDay, dayOfTheWeek))
nextDay = dateTimeInstance.replace(day=8) dayOfTheWeek = weekDaysMapping[nextDay.weekday()] print("{} falls on a {}".format(nextDay, dayOfTheWeek))
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Output:
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2017-01-02 00:00:00 falls on a Monday 2017-01-03 00:00:00 falls on a Tuesday 2017-01-04 00:00:00 falls on a Wednesday 2017-01-05 00:00:00 falls on a Thursday 2017-01-06 00:00:00 falls on a Friday 2017-01-07 00:00:00 falls on a Saturday 2017-01-08 00:00:00 falls on a Sunday |