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Template Tags/the weekday

This function has been deprecated. That means it has been replaced by a new function or is no longer supported, and may be removed from future versions. All code that uses this function should be converted to use its replacement if one exists.

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Description

Displays the day of the week (e.g. Friday). This tag must be used within The Loop.

Replace With

To replace this tag, use the_time() with 'l' as the format string: 

<?php the_time('l'); ?>

See Formatting Date and Time for information on date and time format string use.

Usage

 <?php the_weekday() ?> 

Example 

 <p>This was posted on a <?php the_weekday() ?>.</p>

Parameters

This tag does not accept any parameters.

Related

the_date_xml, the_date, the_time, the_modified_date, the_modified_time, get_the_time, single_month_title, get_calendar, the_weekday, the_weekday_date

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