Date.DayOfWeekName Function of Power Query

The Date.DayOfWeekName function returns the day of the week name of the given date.

Syntax

Date.DayOfWeekName(date as any, optional culture as nullable text) as nullable text

Example:

Power Query M

let
  Source = Table.FromRecords(
    {
      [Year = "20-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "21-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "22-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "23-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "24-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "25-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "26-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "27-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "28-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "29-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "30-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "31-07-2024"], 
      [Year = "01-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "02-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "03-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "04-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "05-08-2024"], 
      [Year = "06-08-2024"]
    }
  ), 
  #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source, {{"Year", type date}}), 
  Return = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Week Name", each Date.DayOfWeekName([Year]))
in
    Return 

The output of the above code is shown below:

Date.DayOfWeekName function in Power Query