This template returns the name of the weekday whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English weekday name or abbreviation (with any letter case) can be given.
Syntax
[edit]{{WEEKDAYNAME|day}}
- The day value can be any numeric expression and is interpreted modulo 7 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored), so it accepts any valid Julian day timestamp.
Example with a timestamp
[edit]{{WEEKDAYNAME|{{JULIANDAY|2000|01|01}}}}returns Saturday.
Examples for all standard English week day names
[edit]{{WEEKDAYNAME|MONDAY}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|TUESDAY}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|WEDNESDAY}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|THURSDAY}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|FRIDAY}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|SATURDAY}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|SUNDAY}}returns Sunday
Examples for all abbreviated English week day names
[edit]{{WEEKDAYNAME|mon}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|tue}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|wed}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|thu}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|fri}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|sat}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|sun}}returns Sunday
Examples for all standard week day numbers
[edit]{{WEEKDAYNAME|0}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|1}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|2}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|3}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|4}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|5}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|6}}returns Sunday
Examples for week day numbers with extra leading zero
[edit]{{WEEKDAYNAME|00}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|01}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|02}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|03}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|04}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|05}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|06}}returns Sunday
Examples for week day number cyclic underflows and overflows, from computed values
[edit]{{WEEKDAYNAME|-701}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-700}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-699}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-7}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-6}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-5}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-4}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-3}}returns Friday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-2}}returns Saturday{{WEEKDAYNAME|-1}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|7}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|8}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|9}}returns Wednesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|10}}returns Thursday{{WEEKDAYNAME|13}}returns Sunday{{WEEKDAYNAME|14}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|15}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|700}}returns Monday{{WEEKDAYNAME|701}}returns Tuesday{{WEEKDAYNAME|707}}returns Monday
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}} | {{CURRENTTIME}} (12 h format) {{CURRENTTIME24}} (24 h format) |
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| 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 | {{CURRENTYEARCC}} {{CURRENTYEARYY}} {{CURRENTISOYEAR}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |
{{LASTYEAR}} | {{NEXTYEAR}} | |
| Day of Year | {{CURRENTDAYOFYEAR}} | |||
| Decade | {{DECADE}} | {{CURRENTDECADE}} | ||
| Century | {{Century}} | {{CURRENTCENTURY}} | ||
| MILLENNIUM | {{MILLENNIUM}} |
Date and time templates made for substitution:
[edit]Month:
{{Lmonth}} produces Jul
{{Nmonth}} produces Sep
{{Last month}} produces July 2025
{{Next month}} produces September 2025
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}}
- {{Raph Williams65/digiclock}}