DOW function [Date and time]

Function

Returns a number from 1 to 7 representing the day of the week of the specified date, with Sunday=1, Monday=2, and so on.

Syntax

DOW ( date-expression )

Parameters

date-expression The date.

Example

The following statement returns the value 5.

SELECT DOW( '1998-07-09' ) FROM iq_dummy

Usage

See the section “DATE_FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK option”, if you need Monday (or another day) to be the first day of the week.

Standards and compatibility

SQL/92 Vendor extension.

Sybase Not supported by Adaptive Server Enterprise.