In excel, how to get the day of week from an excel date value. How to return a day name of the week from a date that is contained in a cell in Microsoft Excel. This post will guide you how to convert date to day of week only using Text Function in Microsoft Excel.

1. Convert date to day of week with Text Function (get day of week from date)

If you want to get the day name from a date in excel, you can use the TEXT function with a specified format code like “ddd” or “dddd”. We can try to use the below TEXT formula in excel:

=TEXT(date,"ddd")
=TEXT(date, "dddd")

If you want to get the day name of the week as an abbreviation from a date, such as: Mon, Tue, etc. Enter the following TEXT formula in the Cell C1 that you want to get the day name of the week, and then press ENTER:

=TEXT(B1,"ddd")

If you want to get the full day name of the week, such as: Monday, Tuesday, etc. Enter the following TEXT formula in the Cell C1 that you want to get the day name of the week, then press ENTER:

=TEXT(B1,"dddd")

2. Get a Day Name of the Week Using WEEKDAY and CHOOSE function

The WEEKDAY function will get a day number of the week form a date.

We can use the returned value of WEEKDAY function as the first argument within the CHOOSE function. The CHOOSE function will use the returned weekday number as the first argument to return the nth day name from a list of day name.

So we can use the following CHOOSE function in combination with WEEKDAY function to get the full day name of the week from a date.

=CHOOSE(WEEKDAY(B1),"Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wedesday","Thusday","Friday","Saturday")

For more format codes in excel formatting, you can refer to the below table:

Format Code	Description	Examples
0	only display digits in its place   #.00 – Forces the function to display two decimal places	=Text(34.234,”$##.00″)   result: $34.23
#	Display the placeholder	=Text(4.527,”#.##)   result: 4.53
.	the position of Decimal Point	=Text(342.2,”0.00″)   result: 342.20
d	Day of the month or day of week   d- one or two digit number (1-31) dd- two digit number (01-31) ddd-abbreviated day of week (Mon to Sun) dddd-full name of day of week(Monday to Sunnday)	=Text(TODAY(),”DDDD”)   result: Monday
m	The Month of the Year   m- one or two digit number mm-two digit number mmm-abbreviated month(Jan to Dec) mmmm-full name of month(January to December))	=Text(TODAY(),”MM/DD/YY”)   result:11/06/17
y	year   yy-two digit representation of year(e.g.01,17) yyyy-four digit representation of year(e.g. 2001,2017)	=Text(TODAY(),”MM/DD/YY”)   result:11/06/17

3. Convert Date to Day of Week using VBA Code

For our third method, let’s explore a more dynamic solution using VBA code. VBA code provides a versatile approach to convert dates to the day of the week.

Press Alt + F11 to open the VBA editor.

Right-click in the Project Explorer, select Insert, and choose Module to create a new module.

Copy and paste the following VBA code into the module:

Function ConvertToDateOfWeek(dateCell As Range) As String
    ConvertToDateOfWeek = Format(dateCell.Value, "dddd")
End Function

This code defines a custom function ConvertToDateOfWeek to convert a date cell to the corresponding day of the week.

Return to your Excel sheet and use the custom function:

 =ConvertToDateOfWeek(B1)

Adjust the reference (B1 in this example) to your date cell.

By following these steps, you’ll successfully use VBA code to convert dates to days of the week.

4. Video: Convert Date to Day of Week

This Excel video tutorial where we’ll explore three effective methods to convert dates to the corresponding day of the week. We’ll start with a formula-based approach using the TEXT function, then utilize another formula incorporating the CHOOSE and WEEKDAY functions, and finally, dive into a more dynamic solution using VBA code.

https://youtu.be/WBPjc6uhSOE

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