Steve wrote:

> What is the best/preferred/non-deprecated method for determining the current day of the week?

I don't think any of these CF calls are deprecated.
'---------------
include "Tlbx CFTimeZone.incl"
include "ConsoleWindow"

dim as CFAbsoluteTime at
dim as CFTimeZoneRef tz
dim as SInt32 dow

at = fn CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent()
tz = fn CFTimeZoneCopySystem()
dow = fn CFAbsoluteTimeGetDayOfWeek( at, tz )
CFRelease( tz )

print "Day of week:"dow
'---------------