diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f4e61dd5..6168579d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5270,6 +5270,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fonts can now be created with a width that overwrites the default width (thanks
   to Andreas Mair).
 - Added full weekday names to i18n.c for plugins to use (thanks to Patrice Staudt).
+  The new function WeekDayNameFull() can be used to get these names from integer
+  values (just like the abbreviated weekday names).
 - Fixed stripping i18n stuff from font names (reported by Anssi Hannula).
 - Improved performance of the SVDRP commands LSTC and CHAN when used with a
   channel name.
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index dd2395ad..edff762a 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.c 1.129 2007/06/17 11:02:34 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 1.130 2007/06/23 13:38:30 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tools.h"
@@ -871,6 +871,27 @@ cString WeekDayName(time_t t)
   return WeekDayName(localtime_r(&t, &tm_r)->tm_wday);
 }
 
+cString WeekDayNameFull(int WeekDay)
+{
+  WeekDay = WeekDay == 0 ? 6 : WeekDay - 1; // we start with Monday==0!
+  switch (WeekDay) {
+    case 0: return tr("Monday");
+    case 1: return tr("Tuesday");
+    case 2: return tr("Wednesday");
+    case 3: return tr("Thursday");
+    case 4: return tr("Friday");
+    case 5: return tr("Saturday");
+    case 6: return tr("Sunday");
+    }
+  return "???";
+}
+
+cString WeekDayNameFull(time_t t)
+{
+  struct tm tm_r;
+  return WeekDayNameFull(localtime_r(&t, &tm_r)->tm_wday);
+}
+
 cString DayDateTime(time_t t)
 {
   char buffer[32];
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index 89119675..fc9c87bf 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.h 1.102 2007/06/17 11:00:20 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.h 1.103 2007/06/23 13:34:28 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TOOLS_H
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ void TouchFile(const char *FileName);
 time_t LastModifiedTime(const char *FileName);
 cString WeekDayName(int WeekDay);
 cString WeekDayName(time_t t);
+cString WeekDayNameFull(int WeekDay);
+cString WeekDayNameFull(time_t t);
 cString DayDateTime(time_t t = 0);
 cString TimeToString(time_t t);
 cString DateString(time_t t);