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# WeekdayName

Returns the name of the day of the week in a specified datetime value.

**Category:** `date`

**Syntax:**

```
WeekdayName([date_column])
```

**Returns:** `StringColumn`

**Context Filtering:** ✓ Yes

## Parameters

| Name          | Type               | Required | Description                            |
| ------------- | ------------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `date_column` | `column\|datetime` | ✓ Yes    | The date to extract weekday name from. |

**Allowed Column Types:** DATETIME, DATE

## Validation

* Minimum parameters: 1
* Maximum parameters: 1

## Examples

```
WeekdayName([OrderDate])
```

Returns weekday name (e.g., 'Monday').