how to check if date is weekend in matlab

To check if a date is a weekend in MATLAB, you can use the weekday function. The weekday function returns the day of the week as a number, where Sunday is 1 and Saturday is 7.

Here's an example code snippet that demonstrates how to check if a specific date is a weekend:

main.m
dateString = '2022-12-31';
date = datetime(dateString);

% Get the day of the week as a number (1-7)
dayOfWeek = weekday(date);

% Check if the day of the week is either Saturday (7) or Sunday (1)
isWeekend = (dayOfWeek == 1) || (dayOfWeek == 7);

if isWeekend
    disp('The date is a weekend.');
else
    disp('The date is not a weekend.');
end
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Make sure to replace '2022-12-31' with the date you want to check.

This code takes a date string, converts it to a datetime object, and then uses the weekday function to get the day of the week. It then checks if the day of the week is either Saturday (7) or Sunday (1) and assigns the result to the isWeekend variable. Finally, it displays a message based on whether the date is a weekend or not.