Example: Querying for the Day of the Week on Which the Specified Date Falls - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Date and Time Functions and Expressions

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VantageCloud
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
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17.20
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June 2022
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If the current date is October 18, 2010, which is a Monday, the following queries return the value 2 as the result since Monday is the 2nd day of the week.

SELECT td_day_of_week(CURRENT_DATE);
SELECT td_day_of_week(DATE '2010-10-18');
SELECT DAYOFWEEK(CURRENT_DATE);
SELECT DAYOFWEEK(DATE '2010-10-18');