Weekday() result differs from one computer to another ???

[bobm]

Hello,

Don't why I get different a result from one computer to another using the
Weekday and Weekday name functions. I am specifying Sunday as weekday 1 not
using the default and still get different results.

The code I am using is...

WeekdayName(Weekday(StartDate, vbSunday), vbSunday)

On one computer which is correct I get...

1 Sun
2 Mon
3 Tue... etc

On the other I get...
1 Mon
2 Tue
3 Wed... etc

The worksheet function works correctly on both but not VBA. Any help
appreciated.

bobm

 

[K Dales]

The worksheet function has 2 arguments, the VBA function has 3:
WeekdayName(weekday, abbreviate, firstdayofweek)
So where you are using vbSunday it is interpreting it as the 'abbreviate'
parameter = 1, True; and because you don't specify the 'firstdayofweek' it
takes the default value, which happens to be vbUseSystem - so if the system
settings vary on the two computers, the result is different.

If this is what is happening, you should be able to fix it by changing the
VBA function call to be
WeekdayName(Weekday(StartDate, vbSunday), True, vbSunday)

 

[okaizawa]

Hi,

is the contents of the variable 'StartDate' certainly the same?
try something like this:

Sub Test()
Dim StartDate As Date
StartDate = Date
MsgBox StartDate
MsgBox WeekdayName(Weekday(StartDate, vbSunday), True, vbSunday)
End Sub


Format(StartDate, "ddd") also would work.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vafmtuserdefineddateformats.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vafctWeekdayName.asp

 

[Harald Staff]

Hi

If you just want the day name, use this simple approach instead:
Format(StartDate, "ddd")
or
Format(StartDate, "dddd")

HTH. Best wishes Harald

 

[bobm]

thankyou all. appreciate your help as always...

bobm