Many of the date functions use dates built from date parts. Table 5-5 displays allowed values of date-part.
Date part |
Abbreviation |
Values |
---|---|---|
Year |
yy |
0001 – 9999 |
Quarter |
1 – 4 |
|
Month |
mm |
1 – 12 |
Week |
wk |
1 – 54 |
Day |
dd |
1 – 31 |
Dayofyear |
dy |
1 – 366 |
Weekday |
dw |
1 – 7 (Sun. – Sat.) |
Hour |
hh |
0 – 23 |
Minute |
mi |
0 – 59 |
Second |
ss |
0 – 59 |
Millisecond |
ms |
0 – 999 |
Calyearofweek |
cyr |
Integer. The year in which the week begins. The week containing the first few days of the year can be part of the last week of the previous year, depending upon which day it begins. If the new year starts on a Thursday through Saturday, its first week starts on the last Sunday of the previous year. If the new year starts on a Sunday through Wednesday, none of its days are part of the previous year. |
Calweekofyear |
cwk |
An integer from 1 to 54 representing the week number within the year that contains the specified date. |
Caldayofweek |
cdw |
The day number within the week (Sunday = 1, Saturday = 7). |
By default, Sunday is the first day of the week. To make Monday be the first day, set the following option:
set option ‘Date_First_Day_Of_Week’ = ‘1’
For more information on specifying which day is the first day of the week, see “DATE_FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK option”.
For compatibility with Adaptive Server Enterprise, use the Transact-SQL date and time functions.