This template computes the week day number (from 0 on Monday to 6 on Sunday) for the date of the Gregorian calendar (or proleptic) in parameter.
Syntax
[edit]{{WEEKDAY|year|month|day}}
- The year must be astronomical (year=1 in 1 AD (Anno Domini), year=0 in 1 BC, year=-1 in 2 BC).
- The month is between 1 and 12 from January to December.
- The day is normally between 1 and 31.
The Julian day number (which is the integer part of the Julian day plus one) modulo 7 grows from 0 (on Monday at noon) to 6 (on Sunday at noon) and returns to 0 the next day on Monday at noon (however this template ignores time, so this number is valid for the whole day from zero o'clock to midnight). This numbering order matches the order of days in the ISO week (but NOT the absolute numeric value, and not the US week day order and numbering).
Examples
[edit]{{WEEKDAY|2000|1|1}}returns 5{{WEEKDAY|2000|2|28}}returns 0{{WEEKDAY|2000|3|1}}returns 2{{WEEKDAY|2000|12|31}}returns 6{{WEEKDAY|2001|1|1}}returns 0{{WEEKDAY|2001|2|28}}returns 2{{WEEKDAY|2001|3|1}}returns 3{{WEEKDAY|2001|12|31}}returns 0{{WEEKDAY|2006|2|28}}returns 1{{WEEKDAY|2006|3|1}}returns 2{{WEEKDAY|2006|4|22}}returns 5
See also
[edit]Multiple units of time
[edit]| Type | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and time | {{time}} | {{Currentdate}} (MDY) {{Plain now}} (DMY) {{Now}} (DMY in a complete sentence) {{Simple now}} |
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| Date only | {{Dateonly}} {{Datedow}} (Has the day of the week) |
{{Date}} (Chose format) {{TODAY}} (DMY) |
{{Yesterday}} {{Day-1}} |
{{Tomorrow}} {{Day+1}} |
| Month and year only | {{Monthyear}} {{DATE}} (prefixed by date=) |
{{Monthyear-1}} | {{Monthyear+1}} | |
| Time only | {{Timeonly}} (Adjustable to 12 h format) | {{CURRENTTIME}} (24 h format) | ||
| Banners | {{Right now}} (Blue with time and number of Wikipedia articles) |
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| Timestamp | {{Timestamp}} (Format YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Single units of time
[edit]| Unit of time | Adjustable | Current | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second | {{CURRENTSECOND}} | |||
| Minute | {{CURRENTMINUTE}} | |||
| Hour | {{CURRENTHOUR}} | |||
| Week | {{CURRENTWEEK}} {{CURRENTWEEKOFMONTH}} |
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| Day of Week | {{DAYOFWEEK}} | {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV}} {{CURRENTWEEKDAY}} |
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| Month | {{MONTHNAME}} {{MONTHABBREV}} {{MONTHNUMBER}} {{MONTH}} (zero padded) |
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTMONTH1}} {{CURRENTMONTHDAYS}} |
{{LASTMONTHNAME}} | {{NEXTMONTHNAME}} |
| Day of Month | {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} (zero padded) |
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| Year | {{CURRENTYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
| Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
| Decade | {{DECADE}} | {{CURRENTDECADE}} | ||
| Century | {{Century}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | ||
| MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} |
Date and time templates made for substitution
[edit]- {{Last month (short)}} produces Nov
- {{Next month (short)}} produces Jan
- {{Last month}} produces November 2025
- {{Next month}} produces January 2026
Parser functions
[edit]- mw:Special:MyLanguage/time permits a custom time specifier string, similar to the C date and time functions
Individual templates
[edit]- {{Calendar}}
- {{Calendar clock with Wikipedia stats}}
- {{Clock}}
- {{Digital clock}}
- {{Digital clock and date}}
- {{Infobox calendar date today}}