If cell equals then put X

I know this is supposed to be simple... but for some reason I can't figure it out today.

Column A contains dates (ex. Thursday, August 22, 2013).

What I am looking to do is this:

If A4 contains the word "Thursday", put an X in C4. If it contains any other day of the week, leave blank.

What is the formula I am looking for?

If they are real dates, then they don't contain "words"..So you can't test for the text string "Thursday"

Try the Weekday Function..

=IF(WEEKDAY(A4)=5,"X","")

Sunday=1
Monday=2
etc
Thursday=5
etc.
Saturday=7

Now what if I want more than one condition?? Like if its a Thursday enter X, but if its a Wednesday, enter Z for example.

Thanks a bunch!

OK, can you describe what you Actually want, instead of simplified examples..

Often, the solution to the simplified version is not easily translated to the real version.
or even vice versa, you may be overthinking and the solution is even simpler than what we think based on your simplified example..

What I wrote is not a simplified way. What I am waiting is this:

If cell A4 is a Thursday, put X, if it is a Wednesday, put Z.

The original formula worked perfect, but then I realized I need to keep track of Wednesdays as well in the same box. I am not sure how to add that to the original formula.

ok..

=IF(WEEKDAY(A4)=5,"X",IF(WEEKDAY(A4)=4,"Z",""))

=if(or(weekday(a1)=5,weekday(a1)=4),"x","")

Or if your dates are really just Text Strings (which has still not yet been established)

Then try
=IF(LEFT(A4,3)="Thu","X",IF(LEFT(A4,3)="Wed","Z"))