This template returns the abbreviation of the weekday whose number is in parameter. Alternatively, the English week day name or abbreviation (with any letter case) can be given.

Syntax:
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|day}}
  • The day value can be any numeric expression and is interpreted modulo 7 (extra leading zeroes and decimals are ignored), so it accepts any valid julian day timestamp.
Example with a timestamp:
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|{{JULIANDAY|2000|01|01}}}} returns Sat.
Examples for all standard English week day names:
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|monday}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|tuesday}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|wednesday}} returns Wed
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|thursday}} returns Thu
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|friday}} returns Fri
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|saturday}} returns Sat
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|sunday}} returns Sun
Examples for all abbreviated English week day names:
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|MON}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|TUE}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|WED}} returns Wed
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|THU}} returns Thu
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|FRI}} returns Fri
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|SAT}} returns Sat
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|SUN}} returns Sun
Examples for all standard week day numbers:
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|0}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|1}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|2}} returns Wed
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|3}} returns Thu
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|4}} returns Fri
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|5}} returns Sat
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|6}} returns Sun
Examples for week day numbers with extra leading zero:
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|00}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|01}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|02}} returns Wed
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|03}} returns Thu
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|04}} returns Fri
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|05}} returns Sat
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|06}} returns Sun
Examples for week day number cyclic underflows and overflows, from computed values:
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-701}} returns Sun
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-700}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-699}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-7}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-6}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-5}} returns Wed
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-4}} returns Thu
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-3}} returns Fri
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-2}} returns Sat
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|-1}} returns Sun
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|7}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|8}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|9}} returns Wed
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|10}} returns Thu
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|13}} returns Sun
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|14}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|15}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|700}} returns Mon
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|701}} returns Tue
{{WEEKDAYABBREV|707}} returns Mon
See also:
Template:WEEKDAYNUMBER
Template:WEEKDAYNAME
Template:CURRENTWEEKDAYABBREV