date to day

[Mad_Clog]

im looking for a function that gives back the day name when u give the date.
eg: u give in 13/01/2004 and it gives back Tuesday
been looking for a while but cant seem to find anything :s

thnx in advance

[egghead]

im looking for a function that gives back the day name when u give the date.
eg: u give in 13/01/2004 and it gives back Tuesday
been looking for a while but cant seem to find anything :s

thnx in advance

With [clock scan] convert the date to ticks. Read the following for the acceptable formats.

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/clock.htm#M43

Once you have the ticks, convert them to the name of the day with [clock format].

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/TclCmd/clock.htm#M6

[Mad_Clog]

got it, thnx a lot

[11:22:01] <Mad_Clog> .tcl set day [clock format [clock scan 2004-01-15] -format %A] ; return $day
[11:22:01] <Tester> 2 - result: Thursday - clicks: 69