EXCEL
FORMULAS
AND FUNCTION
DATE AND TIME
DATE
YEAR, MONTH, and DAY
WEEKDAY
DATEIF
WEEKDAY FUNCTION
To determine the weekday of a specific date in
Microsoft Excel, you can use the WEEKDAY
function. This function returns a number that
corresponds to the day of the week for a given
date.
Basic formula of WEEKDAY looks like this:
=WEEKDAY(date, [return_type])
date: The date you want to find the day for. You can enter
a date directly (like "2024-09-02") or refer to a cell that
contains a date (like A1).
return_type: This is optional. It tells Excel how you
want the days of the week to be numbered:
• If you leave it blank or use `1`, Excel will
return:
- Sunday = `1`
- Monday = `2`
- Tuesday = `3`
- and so on, up to Saturday = `7`.
• If you use `2`, Excel will return:
- Monday = `1`
- Tuesday = `2`
Common return_type
Options:
Return Descriptio Sunda Monda … Saturda
Type n y y y
1. 1 Sunday = 1 2 … 7
(Default 1, Monday
) = 2, ...,
Saturday =
7
2. 2 Monday = 7 1 … 6
“ “ 1, Tuesday
= 2, ...,
Sunday = 7
3. 3 Monday = 6 0 … 5
“ “ 0, Tuesday
EXAMPLE
1. Find the Weekday Number for a Date
in Cell A1
Let's say cell A1 has the date 2024-09-02
(September 2, 2024).
To find out what day of the week it is, you
can
Datewrite: Weekday Since the formula uses
‘1’ as the default
2024-09-02 =Weekday(A1,) setting, this will return
‘2’ (because September
Date Weekday 2, 2024, is a Monday,
2024-09-02 =2 and Monday is
represented by 2).
EXAMPLE
2. Get the Day name Directly
Let's say cell A1 has the date 2024-09-02
(September 2, 2024).
To find out what day of the week it is, you
can
Datewrite: Weekday
2024-09-02 =Text(A1,
“dddd”)
Date Weekday
This will display
2024-09-02 =Monday "Monday“ instead
of ‘2’
OTHER KEY
EXAMPLES OF
WEEKDAY
USAGE
1. Check If a Date is a
Weekend
•Formula:
=IF(WEEKDAY(A1, 2) > 5, "Weekend",
"Weekday")
Date Day
2024-09-02 Weekday
Explanation: Checks if the date in A1 is a
Saturday or Sunday (Saturday = 6, Sunday =
7 when using return_type = 2). Returns
"Weekend" or "Weekday."
2. Custom day names using ‘Choose’ and
‘Weekday’
•Formula:
=CHOOSE(WEEKDAY(A1), "Sun", "Mon",
"Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat")
Date Weekday
2024-09-02 Fri
Explanation: Returns a custom
day label based on the day of
the week for the date in A1
3. Highlighting Weekends with Conditional
Formatting
•Formula:
=WEEKDAY(A1, 2) > 5
Date Day
2024-09-06 True
Explanation: Applies
formatting to dates in A1 that
fall on a Saturday or Sunday.
4. Calculating Days Until Next Friday
•Formula:
=MOD(7 - WEEKDAY(A1, 2) + 5, 7)
Date Days until next Friday
2024-09-02 4
Explanation:
•WEEKDAY(A1, 2) gives the day number (Monday = 1, ...,
Sunday = 7).
•The formula calculates the number of days until the next
Friday.
•5 represents Friday in the WEEKDAY numbering where
ACTIVITY TIME!
CALCULATE THE DAY
A B C
DATE DAY DAY
NUMBER NAME
2024-09-03 =WEEKDAY =TEXT
1
2024-09-04
2
2024-09-05
3
MATCHING TYPE
olumn A: Key Examples of ‘WEEKDAY’ Usage
atch each key example with its correct formula from Column B.
Column Column
A: B:
1. Find the number of the date a. =IF(WEEKDAY(A2, 2) > 5,
2. Check If a Date is a "Weekend", "Weekday")
Weekend b. =TEXT(A2, "dddd")
3. Display the Day Name
c. =WORKDAY(A2, 1)
4. Create Custom Day Labels
d. =CHOOSE(WEEKDAY(A2),
5. Find the Next Working Day
"Sun", "Mon", "Tue",
After a Given Date
"Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat")
e. =WEEKDAY(A2)
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