WEEKDAY

WEEKDAY(date)

The day of the week of a date, from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday), such as for finding tasks that start on a weekend. The numbering is always Excel's default, Sunday first: there is no second argument to start the week on Monday.

Arguments

ArgumentWhat to give it
dateA date, like [Start date]. Blank gives blank.

Examples

Formula
=WEEKDAY([Start date])

The day of the week the task starts on: 1 for Sunday through 7 for Saturday.

Formula
=WEEKDAY([Start date]) = 1 OR WEEKDAY([Start date]) = 7

As a guardrail: tasks that start on a Saturday or a Sunday.

Formula
=WEEKDAY([Finish date]) = 6

TRUE for tasks that finish on a Friday.

Reach for something else when

You wantUse
The day's nameTEXT: TEXT([Start date], "dddd")
The week of the yearWEEKNUM
The day of the monthDAY