cwday
method is used to find the number of the day of a calendar week. Often it becomes necessary to find the number of the day of a calendar week like (1, 2, 3). This function provides the complete solution in getting the number of the day of a calendar week (1-7, Monday is 1). cwday
is a part of Date library in Ruby.
Syntax of cwday
Method in Ruby
The syntax of cwday
Method in Ruby Language is:
Date.new(x).cwday
Parameters of cwday
Method in Ruby
x
– Where x
is any valid date object. This parameter is required.
Error Handling
If the
x
parameter is not a valid date type which is required to find out the number of the day from, the cwday
method returns an error
.
Return Value of cwday
Method in Ruby
cwday
method will return the number of the day of a calendar week (1-7, Monday is 1).
How to get the Week Day in Ruby with cwday
Method?
# import date library require 'date' x = Date.new(2016,2,6).cwday puts x
Output:
6
Use of cwday
method / function in Ruby
# import date library require 'date' x = Date.new(2016,10,25).cwday puts x
Output:
2
Get the Number of a Day with DateTime Method in Ruby
# import date library require 'date' x = DateTime.new(2016,11,20).cwday puts x
Output:
7