portableSql

DayName Portable SQL Function

Syntax

DayName as C (DateTime as D)

DayName as C (DateTime as T)

Arguments

DateTimeDate Time

A field or value.

Returns

resultCharacter

Returns the day name from a date or datetime value.

Description

Extract the day name from a date or datetime value.

Discussion

The DayName function extracts the day name from a date or datetime value.

DayName() function executed on the Northwind Access database
SELECT FIRST 1 CurrentDateTime() AS Now, DayName(CurrentDateTime()) AS Expr1 FROM Orders
=10/10/2019 12:48:35 00 pm|Thursday