day
What Does It Do?
This function extracts the day of the month from a complete date.
Syntax
=DAY(value)
Formatting
Normally the result will be a number, but this can be formatted to show the actual day of the week by using Format,Cells,Number,Custom and using the code ddd or dddd.
| Full Date | The Day | |
| 25-Dec-98 | 25 | =DAY(C4) |
| 23-Jan-20 | Mon 23 | =DAY(C5) |
| 23-Jan-20 | 23 | =DAY(C6) |
Example:
The =DAY function has been used to calculate the name of the day for your birthday.
Table 1:
| Please enter your date of birth in the format dd/mm/yy : | 3/25/1962 | |
| You were born on : | Wednesday 25 | =DAY(F21) |