weekdayNames

Type

function

Summary

Returns a list of names of the days of the week used by the date function.

Syntax

the [{ long | abbreviated | short }] [{ english | system }] weekdayNames

weekdayNames()

Description

Use the weekdayNames function to let the user choose from a list of weekday names, or to display a list of days in the language of the user's system preferences.

For each form of the weekdayNames, if the useSystemDate property is set to true, or if you specify the system weekdayNames, the list of names is provided in the language specified by the user's system preferences. If the useSystemDate is false or you specify the english weekdayNames, the list of names is provided in English.

Examples

put the weekdayNames into field "Weekdays"

if it is not among the lines of the system weekdayNames then beep

Related

property: useSystemDate

control structure: function

function: dateFormat, date

glossary: function, property, return

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.1

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile