Format x axis into days of the week

Hi, i hope someone can help me with this!
I wish to change the x axis to days e.g. Monday Tuesday.. however I do not know how to go about doing it.
After every 10th point in the array, i wish to put "Monday" on the x-axis and after next 10 points"Tuesday"
anyone can help me with this.
thanks alot in advance!=)
Attachments:
Graph X-axis.vi ‏18 KB

Hi thank you for your suggestion! However as I am not using timing data as part of the graph, I do not need to use timestamp. In fact, I am using extracted data from a database and plot wavefrm to it. I have attached a VI to better show my problem. I have been searching forum and testing out for very long but still couldnt find the solution to it. Do help me out with this!! Thanks alot in advance!
Attachments:
Array and plotting.vi ‏48 KB
searchdb_DDMMYY(SubVI).vi ‏16 KB
DDMMYYY(SubVI).vi ‏18 KB

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