HOW TO calculate the weekday name in RDLC

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To calculate the weekday name in RDLC you can use a combination of two Visual Basic functions:

1. DatePart
   Syntax

   DatePart(interval,date[,firstdayofweek[,firstweekofyear]])
   

   firstdayofweek is an Optional parameter and the Default value is 1 (Sunday).
   firstweekofyear is an Optional parameter and the Default value is 1 (January).

2. WeekdayName
   Syntax

   WeekdayName(weekday[,abbreviate[,firstdayofweek]])
   

   abbreviate is an Optional parameter. A Boolean value that indicates if the weekday name is to be abbreviated.
   firstdayofweek is an Optional parameter and the Default value is 1 (Sunday).

HOW TO calculate the weekday name in RDLC

CORRECT RESULTS

=WeekDayName(DatePart("w", Fields!CurrentDate_System.value,0))
=WeekDayName(DatePart("w", Fields!CurrentDate_System.value,0,0))

WRONG RESULTS

=WeekdayName(DatePart("w", Fields!CurrentDate_System.Value))
=WeekdayName(DatePart("w", Fields!CurrentDate_System.Value),false,0)

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