day of is used to determine the day of the week on which a particular sample was taken.
For example, given the following case fragment,
01 Jun 03 20 Jun 03 03 Sep 03 15 Oct 03 02 Nov 03 ABC 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 DEF 6.3 4.0 1.9
day of second most recent ABC is “Wednesday”
day of max ABC is “Sunday”
day of most recent ABC is “Sunday”