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Use the WEEKDAY function to determine the weekend using Microsoft Excel

How do you find out whether or not a date falls on a weekend? To answer this question you can either use the previous tip or use the more convenient WEEKDAY function in Microsoft Excel. This function returns the day of the week as a number corresponding to a date. The returned number is given as an integer, ranging from 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday), by default. 

To determine the weekend:

1. Select cells B2:B10 and type the formula =A2.
2. Press <-Ctrl+Enter->.
3. From the Format menu, select Cells.
4. Select the Number tab and click on Custom below Category.
5. In the Type box, change the number format to "dddd".
6. Press OK.
7. Select cells C2:C10 and type the following formula: =IF(OR(WEEKDAY(A2)=7,WEEKDAY(A2)=1),"weekend","").
8. Press <-Ctrl+Enter->.

Note: In column B use the custom format dddd to check the result of column C.

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