MySQL DAYOFWEEK() Function

Return the weekday index for a date:

SELECT DAYOFWEEK("2017-06-15");

Definition and Usage

The DAYOFWEEK() function returns the weekday index for a given date (a number from 1 to 7).

Note: 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, 3=Tuesday, 4=Wednesday, 5=Thursday, 6=Friday, 7=Saturday.

DAYOFWEEK(date)

Parameter	Description
date	Required. The date to return the weekday index from

Works in:	From MySQL 4.0

Return the weekday index for a date:

SELECT DAYOFWEEK("2017-06-15 09:34:21");

Return the weekday index for the current system date:

SELECT DAYOFWEEK(CURDATE());