I was going to suggest;

$dayofweek = date("D",strtotime(date("Y-m-01")));

Warren Vail


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From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [PHP] First day of the month


On Tuesday 03 August 2004 13:46, David Hansen Jr. offered up the following 
tid-bit of information :
> I'm trying to make a custom calendar script for my school district, 
> and I'm hitting a little obstacle.  I know how I can accomplish what 
> I'm after, but it's a lot of extra coding.  I'm wondering if there's a 
> simple way to figure out what day of the week the first day of the 
> month lands on.  I can take the info pulled with date() and use 
> several
> switch() and if statements, but that's ugly.  Anyone have any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
> ~ David

$firstDayOfMonth = mktime (0,0,0, $month, 1, $year );

http://us4.php.net/mktime
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John C. Nichel
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