[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24781: Deprecate the_weekday() and the_weekday_date()

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#24781: Deprecate the_weekday() and the_weekday_date()
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 Reporter:  DrewAPicture  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |
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Comment (by DrewAPicture):

 At first glance, I thought they were the only way to retrieve the
 localized day names because they use `WP_Local::get_weekday()`.

 Turns out the `$translate` parameter in `mysql2date()` defaults to true,
 which means `get_the_date()` and in turn `the_date()` output localized
 values. Therefore `the_weekday()` is the same as `the_date( 'l' )`.

 On that same token, I'm not sure which global @nacin was referring to in
 `the_weekday_date()`, but I can't quite figure out what its purpose is in
 relation to `the_weekday()` — to not display the current post's day if
 it's different from the previous one? Is that the previous post's day?
 Why?

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