This function returns the day of the week of any given timestamp.

Syntax
 dayOfTheWeek(timestamp, timeZone) #Output: Number
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
dayOfTheWeek({issue.dueDate},LOCAL)

This example returns day of the week of the issue's due date.

If the due date was set to April 21st, 2020 00:00, the output would be 3 since this day is a Tuesday.

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
timestamp

NUMBER

The parameter must be valid timestamp. Usually this value is retrieved from a field (e.g. due date, created date).
timeZone

TIMEZONE

The time zone used for the calculation. 

Output

This function returns a NUMBER where Sunday = 1, Monday = 2, ... Saturday = 7

If you need the day of the week as a text, please see dayOfTheWeekToString().


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