What is the easiest way to determine the current day of the week in Mendix?

The easiest way to determine the current day of the week in Mendix is to use the formatDateTime function. This function allows you to format a date-time object into a specific string representation, including the day of the week. When you utilize formatDateTime with the current date input, you can specify a pattern that extracts and formats just the day of the week, making it straightforward to retrieve this information in a user-friendly format.

For example, you can call formatDateTime on the current date and specify a format such as 'EEEE', which represents the full name of the day (like 'Monday', 'Tuesday', etc.). This method is efficient and does not require additional complexity or looking up external data, making it the preferred option for directly obtaining the current day of the week within Mendix applications.

Using the currentDate function would merely provide you with the current date and time without directly yielding the day of the week. Consulting system settings for the date is overly complicated and generally unnecessary for this purpose. Invoking a calendar service API also involves more overhead and is not efficient when the functionality you need is readily available within Mendix itself. Thus, utilizing the formatDateTime function is the most straightforward and effective approach.