In this article, we will learn about how to get the day of the week from a date in SQL Server.
To get the day of the week from a date in SQL Server, we can use DATENAME() Built-in function:
Example 1:
-- To get the Day of the Week from a current date
SELECT DATENAME(dw, GETDATE()) as 'Week Day Name';
Week Day Name
------------------------------
Sunday
(1 row(s) affected)
Example 2:
-- To get the Day of the Week from a given date
SELECT DATENAME(dw, '2020-02-20 15:43:46.463') as 'Week Day Name';Week Day Name
------------------------------
Thursday
(1 row(s) affected)
Example 3:
-- To get the Day of the Week from a given date
SELECT DATENAME(dw, '2020-09-19') as 'Week Day Name';
Week Day Name
------------------------------
Saturday
(1 row(s) affected)
If you want the output in a different language then you have to change the login default language. To set the language you need to select the language from the System View, the query is as follows:
-- To get the list of the languages
SELECT * FROM SYS.SYSLANGUAGES;To set the language, use SET LANGUAGE statement with the name of a language name from the sys.syslanguages System View.
-- Set Login Default Language
SET LANGUAGE Spanish
-- To get the Day of the Week from a DateTime in the Spanish Language
SELECT DATENAME(dw, GETDATE()) as 'Week Day Name';
Week Day Name
------------------------------
Domingo
(1 row(s) affected)
I hope this article will help you to understand how to get the month name from a date or using a given date in SQL Server.
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