JDDayOfWeek() function in PHP

The JDDayOfWeek() function returns the day of a week.

Syntax

jddayofweek(julian_day, mode)

Parameters

• julian_day − A julian day number.

• mode − Specify the week modes. Possible values:

  • 0 - Default. Returns the weekday as an integer (0=Sunday, 1=Monday, etc.)

  • 1 - Returns the weekday as a string (Sunday, Monday, etc.)

  • 2 - Returns the weekday as a string, abbreviated form (Sun, Mon, Tue, etc.)

Return

The JDDayOfWeek() function returns the day of the week as a string or integer.

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   $res = gregoriantojd(5,8,2018);
   echo jddayofweek($res,1);
?>

Output

The following is the output −

Tuesday