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MySQL WEEKDAY() Function

❮ MySQL Functions

Example

Return the weekday number for a date:

SELECT WEEKDAY("2017-06-15");
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Definition and Usage

The WEEKDAY() function returns the weekday number for a given date.

Note: 0 = Monday, 1 = Tuesday, 2 = Wednesday, 3 = Thursday, 4 = Friday, 5 = Saturday, 6 = Sunday.

Syntax

WEEKDAY(date)

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
date Required.  The date or datetime to extract the weekday number from

Technical Details

Works in: From MySQL 4.0

More Examples

Example

Return the weekday number for a date:

SELECT WEEKDAY("2017-01-01");
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Example

Return the weekday number for the current system date:

SELECT WEEKDAY(CURDATE());
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❮ MySQL Functions