diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index a52676ddda..4dc7ed7f1b 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -680,6 +680,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_bool_t) switch_network_list_validate_ip_token(switch_netwo
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_inet_pton(int af, const char *src, void *dst);
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(const char *) switch_dow_int2str(int val);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_dow_str2int(const char *exp);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_dow_cmp(const char *exp, int val);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_number_cmp(const char *exp, int val);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_tod_cmp(const char *exp, int val);
 
diff --git a/src/switch_utils.c b/src/switch_utils.c
index 6df515906e..b887904960 100644
--- a/src/switch_utils.c
+++ b/src/switch_utils.c
@@ -2466,6 +2466,82 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_isxdigit(int c)
 	return (c < 0 ? 0 : c > 255 ? 0 : ((_switch_ctype_ + 1)[(unsigned char) c] & (_N | _X)));
 }
 
+static const char *DOW[] = {
+	"sat",
+	"sun",
+	"mon",
+	"tue",
+	"wed",
+	"thu",
+	"fri",
+	"sat",
+	"sun",
+	NULL
+};
+
+SWITCH_DECLARE(const char *) switch_dow_int2str(int val) {
+	if (val >= sizeof(DOW) / sizeof (const char*)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return DOW[val];
+}
+
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_dow_str2int(const char *exp) {
+	int ret = -1;
+	int x = -1;
+	for (x = 0;; x++) {
+		if (!DOW[x]) {
+			break;  
+		}
+
+		if (!strcasecmp(DOW[x], exp)) {
+			ret =  x;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_dow_cmp(const char *exp, int val)
+{
+	char *dup = strdup(exp);
+	char *p_start;
+	char *p_end;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int start, end;
+
+	switch_assert(dup);
+
+	p_start = dup;
+
+	if ((p_end=strchr(dup, '-'))) {
+		*p_end++ = '\0';
+	} else {
+		p_end = p_start;
+	}
+	if (strlen(p_start) == 3) {
+		start = switch_dow_str2int(p_start);
+	} else {
+		start = atol(p_start);
+	}
+	if (strlen(p_end) == 3) {
+		end = switch_dow_str2int(p_end);
+	} else {
+		end = atol(p_end);
+	}
+	/* Following used for this example : mon-sat = 2-0, so we need to make 0(sat) + 7 */
+	if (end < start) {
+		end += 7;
+	}
+	if (start != -1 && end != -1 && val >= start && val <= end) {
+		ret = 1;
+	}
+
+	switch_safe_free(dup);
+
+	return ret;	
+}
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_number_cmp(const char *exp, int val)
 {
 	char *p;
diff --git a/src/switch_xml.c b/src/switch_xml.c
index 3e46fc0ae2..95b82cb20d 100644
--- a/src/switch_xml.c
+++ b/src/switch_xml.c
@@ -2733,9 +2733,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_xml_std_datetime_check(switch_xml_t xcond) {
 
 	if (time_match && xwday) {
 		int test = tm.tm_wday + 1;
-		time_match = switch_number_cmp(xwday, test);
+		time_match = switch_dow_cmp(xwday, test);
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG9,
-				"XML DateTime Check: day of week[%d] =~ %s (%s)\n", test, xwday, time_match ? "PASS" : "FAIL");
+				"XML DateTime Check: day of week[%s] =~ %s (%s)\n", switch_dow_int2str(test), xwday, time_match ? "PASS" : "FAIL");
 	}
 	if (time_match && xhour) {
 		int test = tm.tm_hour;