Returns a character string containing the name of the day (for example, Sunday through Saturday) for the day portion of date_expression. The argument date_expression can be the name of a column, the result of another scalar function, or a date or timestamp literal.

Syntax

DAYNAME ( date_expression )

Example

This example illustrates the DAYNAME function:

SELECT *
     FROM orders
     WHERE order_no = 342 and DAYNAME(order_date)= 'SATURDAY';
  ORDER_NO  ORDER_DATE  REFERENCE         CUST_NO
-------- -----------  ----------        --------
342       08/10       tdfg/101          10001
 1 record selected

Compatibility

ODBC compatible