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Version: Latest-3.2

dayname

Description

Returns the day corresponding to a date.

The date parameter must be of the DATE or DATETIME type.

Syntax

VARCHAR DAYNAME(date)

Examples

MySQL > select dayname('2007-02-03 00:00:00');
+--------------------------------+
| dayname('2007-02-03 00:00:00') |
+--------------------------------+
| Saturday |
+--------------------------------+

keyword

DAYNAME