ReQL command: dayOfWeek

Command syntax

time.dayOfWeek() → number

Description

Return the day of week of a time object as a number between 1 and 7 (following ISO 8601 standard). For your convenience, the terms r.monday, r.tuesday etc. are defined and map to the appropriate integer.

Example: Return today’s day of week.

r.now().dayOfWeek().run(conn, callback)

Example: Retrieve all the users who were born on a Tuesday.

r.table("users").filter(
    r.row("birthdate").dayOfWeek().eq(r.tuesday)
)

Related commands

• now
• time

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