Date:         Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:04:03 -0500
Reply-To:     Jonathan Fry <jon@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jonathan Fry <jon@SPSS.COM>
Organization: SPSS Inc.
Subject:      Re: get day of week from date-variable

Wolfgang Heyne wrote:
>
> hello!
> is there anyone out there, who can tell me how to get the day of week
> (like 1 to 7) from the spss date variable, or is that impossible?
> would help me a lot, thanks
 
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The function XDATE.WKDAY(date) returns an integer between 1 and 7.   Sunday is
1,
Saturday is 7.  The WKDAY format will print the name of the day of the week.
 
The _SPSS Base System Reference Guide_ has a whole chapter titled "Data and
Time
in SPSS."
 
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Jonathan Fry
SPSS Inc.
jon@spss.com