Example: Querying for the Day of the Week on Which the Specified Date Falls - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Date and Time Functions and Expressions

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-24
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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');