Calendar.GetDayOfWeek(DateTime) Method
Definition
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When overridden in a derived class, returns the day of the week in the specified DateTime.
public:
abstract DayOfWeek GetDayOfWeek(DateTime time);public abstract DayOfWeek GetDayOfWeek (DateTime time);abstract member GetDayOfWeek : DateTime -> DayOfWeekPublic MustOverride Function GetDayOfWeek (time As DateTime) As DayOfWeekParameters
Returns
A DayOfWeek value that represents the day of the week in the time parameter.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates the members of the Calendar class.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
void DisplayValues( Calendar^ myCal, DateTime myDT )
{
Console::WriteLine( " Era: {0}", myCal->GetEra( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " Year: {0}", myCal->GetYear( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " Month: {0}", myCal->GetMonth( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " DayOfYear: {0}", myCal->GetDayOfYear( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal->GetDayOfMonth( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " DayOfWeek: {0}", myCal->GetDayOfWeek( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " Hour: {0}", myCal->GetHour( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " Minute: {0}", myCal->GetMinute( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " Second: {0}", myCal->GetSecond( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine( " Milliseconds: {0}", myCal->GetMilliseconds( myDT ) );
Console::WriteLine();
}
int main()
{
// Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar.
DateTime myDT = DateTime(2002,4,3,gcnew GregorianCalendar);
// Uses the default calendar of the InvariantCulture.
Calendar^ myCal = CultureInfo::InvariantCulture->Calendar;
// Displays the values of the DateTime.
Console::WriteLine( "April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:" );
DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );
// Adds 5 to every component of the DateTime.
myDT = myCal->AddYears( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal->AddMonths( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal->AddWeeks( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal->AddDays( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal->AddHours( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal->AddMinutes( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal->AddSeconds( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal->AddMilliseconds( myDT, 5 );
// Displays the values of the DateTime.
Console::WriteLine( "After adding 5 to each component of the DateTime:" );
DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:
Era: 1
Year: 2002
Month: 4
DayOfYear: 93
DayOfMonth: 3
DayOfWeek: Wednesday
Hour: 0
Minute: 0
Second: 0
Milliseconds: 0
After adding 5 to each component of the DateTime:
Era: 1
Year: 2007
Month: 10
DayOfYear: 286
DayOfMonth: 13
DayOfWeek: Saturday
Hour: 5
Minute: 5
Second: 5
Milliseconds: 5
*/
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class SamplesCalendar {
public static void Main() {
// Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar.
DateTime myDT = new DateTime( 2002, 4, 3, new GregorianCalendar() );
// Uses the default calendar of the InvariantCulture.
Calendar myCal = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.Calendar;
// Displays the values of the DateTime.
Console.WriteLine( "April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:" );
DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );
// Adds 5 to every component of the DateTime.
myDT = myCal.AddYears( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal.AddMonths( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal.AddWeeks( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal.AddDays( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal.AddHours( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal.AddMinutes( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal.AddSeconds( myDT, 5 );
myDT = myCal.AddMilliseconds( myDT, 5 );
// Displays the values of the DateTime.
Console.WriteLine( "After adding 5 to each component of the DateTime:" );
DisplayValues( myCal, myDT );
}
public static void DisplayValues( Calendar myCal, DateTime myDT ) {
Console.WriteLine( " Era: {0}", myCal.GetEra( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " Year: {0}", myCal.GetYear( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " Month: {0}", myCal.GetMonth( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " DayOfYear: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " DayOfWeek: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " Hour: {0}", myCal.GetHour( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " Minute: {0}", myCal.GetMinute( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " Second: {0}", myCal.GetSecond( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine( " Milliseconds: {0}", myCal.GetMilliseconds( myDT ) );
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:
Era: 1
Year: 2002
Month: 4
DayOfYear: 93
DayOfMonth: 3
DayOfWeek: Wednesday
Hour: 0
Minute: 0
Second: 0
Milliseconds: 0
After adding 5 to each component of the DateTime:
Era: 1
Year: 2007
Month: 10
DayOfYear: 286
DayOfMonth: 13
DayOfWeek: Saturday
Hour: 5
Minute: 5
Second: 5
Milliseconds: 5
*/
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class SamplesCalendar
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Sets a DateTime to April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar.
Dim myDT As New DateTime(2002, 4, 3, New GregorianCalendar())
' Uses the default calendar of the InvariantCulture.
Dim myCal As Calendar = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.Calendar
' Displays the values of the DateTime.
Console.WriteLine("April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:")
DisplayValues(myCal, myDT)
' Adds 5 to every component of the DateTime.
myDT = myCal.AddYears(myDT, 5)
myDT = myCal.AddMonths(myDT, 5)
myDT = myCal.AddWeeks(myDT, 5)
myDT = myCal.AddDays(myDT, 5)
myDT = myCal.AddHours(myDT, 5)
myDT = myCal.AddMinutes(myDT, 5)
myDT = myCal.AddSeconds(myDT, 5)
myDT = myCal.AddMilliseconds(myDT, 5)
' Displays the values of the DateTime.
Console.WriteLine("After adding 5 to each component of the DateTime:")
DisplayValues(myCal, myDT)
End Sub
Public Shared Sub DisplayValues(myCal As Calendar, myDT As DateTime)
Console.WriteLine(" Era: {0}", myCal.GetEra(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" Year: {0}", myCal.GetYear(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" Month: {0}", myCal.GetMonth(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" DayOfYear: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfYear(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" DayOfMonth: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfMonth(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" DayOfWeek: {0}", myCal.GetDayOfWeek(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" Hour: {0}", myCal.GetHour(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" Minute: {0}", myCal.GetMinute(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" Second: {0}", myCal.GetSecond(myDT))
Console.WriteLine(" Milliseconds: {0}", myCal.GetMilliseconds(myDT))
Console.WriteLine()
End Sub
End Class
'This code produces the following output.
'
'April 3, 2002 of the Gregorian calendar:
' Era: 1
' Year: 2002
' Month: 4
' DayOfYear: 93
' DayOfMonth: 3
' DayOfWeek: Wednesday
' Hour: 0
' Minute: 0
' Second: 0
' Milliseconds: 0
'
'After adding 5 to each component of the DateTime:
' Era: 1
' Year: 2007
' Month: 10
' DayOfYear: 286
' DayOfMonth: 13
' DayOfWeek: Saturday
' Hour: 5
' Minute: 5
' Second: 5
' Milliseconds: 5
Remarks
The DayOfWeek values are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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