Given a Date value, return the full name of the day of the week as a string (for example, 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', etc.). Return null for null input.

Examples:

Input: d = Date.newInstance(2026, 5, 27) Output: 'Wednesday' Explanation: May 27, 2026 falls on a Wednesday Input: d = Date.newInstance(2026, 1, 1) Output: 'Thursday' Explanation: January 1, 2026 falls on a Thursday Input: d = Date.newInstance(2026, 6, 1) Output: 'Monday' Explanation: June 1, 2026 falls on a Monday Input: d = Date.newInstance(2026, 12, 25) Output: 'Friday' Explanation: December 25, 2026 falls on a Friday Input: d = null Output: null Explanation: Null input returns null
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