# R: Weekdays and Weekends

isWeekday {timeDate} | R Documentation

## Weekdays and Weekends

### Description

Tests if a date is a weekday or not.

### Usage

    isWeekday(x, wday = 1:5)
    isWeekend(x, wday = 1:5)

### Arguments

`x` | an object of class `timeDate`.
`wday` | Specify which days should be considered as weekdays. By default from Mondays to Fridays.

### Value

the functions return logical vectors indicating if a date is a weekday, or a weekend day.

### Examples

    ## Dates in April, currentYear:
       currentYear = getRmetricsOptions("currentYear")
       tS = timeSequence(
          from = paste(currentYear, "-03-01", sep = ""),
          to = paste(currentYear, "-04-30", sep = ""))
       tS

    ## Subset of Weekends:
       isWeekend(tS)
       tS[isWeekend(tS)]

[Package timeDate version 3043.102 Index]