how can I find out the weekday of a date

[Anon]

for example. i want to know what is the weekday of 2002-2-2.

which answer is SATURDAY.
thanks.

[whizkid]

Hi,

try this:

$day = 2;
$month = 2;
$year = 2002;

echo date("l", mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year));

firemouse2001