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DAYOFWEEK

Extracts the day of the week from a date. Sunday is 1, Monday is 2, etc.

Syntax

DAYOFWEEK (dateobj)

Arguments

  • dateobj: a valid date, datetime, or parsable date string.

Return Type

Integer. If dateobj is not a valid date, returns NULL.

Examples

memsql> select dayofweek('2014-04-18');
+-------------------------+
| dayofweek('2014-04-18') |
+-------------------------+
|                       6 |
+-------------------------+