DAYNAME() - Name of Weekday

Q

How to obtain the name of weekday of a given date using the DAYNAME() function?

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A

DAYNAME(date) is a MySQL built-in function that returns the name of weekday from a given date. For example:

SELECT DAYNAME('2023-02-03'), DAYNAME(NOW());
  -- +-----------------------+----------------+
  -- | DAYNAME('2023-02-03') | DAYNAME(NOW()) |
  -- +-----------------------+----------------+
  -- | Friday                | Tuesday        |
  -- +-----------------------+----------------+

Reference information of the DAYNAME() function:

DAYNAME(date): str
  Returns the name of the weekday for date. The language used for the
  name is controlled by the value of the lc_time_names system variable.

Arguments, return value and availability:
  date: Required. The date to extract the name of weekday from.
  str: Return value. The name of weekday.
  Available since MySQL 4.

 

DAYOFMONTH() - Day of Month

DAY() - Synonym for DAYOFMONTH()

MySQL Functions on Date and Time

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