Index: wp-includes/deprecated.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/deprecated.php	(revision 24718)
+++ wp-includes/deprecated.php	(working copy)
@@ -3378,3 +3378,49 @@
 
 	return $size . $unit;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Display the weekday on which the post was written.
+ *
+ * @since 0.71
+ * @deprecated 3.6.0
+ * @deprecated Use the_date()
+ *
+ * @uses $wp_locale
+ * @uses $post
+ */
+function the_weekday() {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.6', 'the_date()' );
+	global $wp_locale;
+	$the_weekday = $wp_locale->get_weekday( mysql2date( 'w', get_post()->post_date, false ) );
+	$the_weekday = apply_filters('the_weekday', $the_weekday);
+	echo $the_weekday;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Display the weekday on which the post was written.
+ *
+ * Will only output the weekday if the current post's weekday is different from
+ * the previous one output.
+ *
+ * @since 0.71
+ * @deprecated 3.6.0
+ * @deprecated Use the_date()
+ *
+ * @param string $before Optional Output before the date.
+ * @param string $after Optional Output after the date.
+ */
+function the_weekday_date($before='',$after='') {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.6', 'the_date()' );
+
+	global $wp_locale, $currentday, $previousweekday;
+	$the_weekday_date = '';
+	if ( $currentday != $previousweekday ) {
+		$the_weekday_date .= $before;
+		$the_weekday_date .= $wp_locale->get_weekday( mysql2date( 'w', get_post()->post_date, false ) );
+		$the_weekday_date .= $after;
+		$previousweekday = $currentday;
+	}
+	$the_weekday_date = apply_filters('the_weekday_date', $the_weekday_date, $before, $after);
+	echo $the_weekday_date;
+}
Index: wp-includes/general-template.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/general-template.php	(revision 24718)
+++ wp-includes/general-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1560,44 +1560,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Display the weekday on which the post was written.
- *
- * @since 0.71
- * @uses $wp_locale
- * @uses $post
- */
-function the_weekday() {
-	global $wp_locale;
-	$the_weekday = $wp_locale->get_weekday( mysql2date( 'w', get_post()->post_date, false ) );
-	$the_weekday = apply_filters('the_weekday', $the_weekday);
-	echo $the_weekday;
-}
-
-/**
- * Display the weekday on which the post was written.
- *
- * Will only output the weekday if the current post's weekday is different from
- * the previous one output.
- *
- * @since 0.71
- *
- * @param string $before Optional Output before the date.
- * @param string $after Optional Output after the date.
- */
-function the_weekday_date($before='',$after='') {
-	global $wp_locale, $currentday, $previousweekday;
-	$the_weekday_date = '';
-	if ( $currentday != $previousweekday ) {
-		$the_weekday_date .= $before;
-		$the_weekday_date .= $wp_locale->get_weekday( mysql2date( 'w', get_post()->post_date, false ) );
-		$the_weekday_date .= $after;
-		$previousweekday = $currentday;
-	}
-	$the_weekday_date = apply_filters('the_weekday_date', $the_weekday_date, $before, $after);
-	echo $the_weekday_date;
-}
-
-/**
  * Fire the wp_head action
  *
  * @since 1.2.0