Date format: {0:dddd}, : Date Format « Date Time « VB.Net Tutorial

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Public Class Tester
    Public Shared Sub Main
        Dim rightNow As Date = Now
        Dim weekDay As Integer = rightNow.DayOfWeek
        Dim weekDayShort As String = Format(rightNow, "ddd")
        Dim weekDayLong As String = String.Format("{0:dddd}", rightNow)

        Dim results As String = String.Format( _
           "Today's day of the week: {0}, or {1}, or {2}", _
           weekDay, weekDayShort, weekDayLong)
        Console.WriteLine(results)
    End Sub
End Class

Today's day of the week: 5, or Fri, or Friday