Using Date and Time Functions in MySQL
MySQL's built-in date-related functions can be used in SELECT statements, with or without specifying a table, to retrieve a result of the function. Or you can use the functions with any type of date field: date, datetime, timestamp, and year. Depending on the type of field in use, the results of the date-related functions are more or less useful.
Working with Days
The DAYOFWEEK() and WEEKDAY() functions do similar things with slightly different results. Both functions are used to find the weekday index of a date, but the difference lies in the starting day and position.
If you use DAYOFWEEK(), the first day of the week is Sunday, at position 1, and the last day of the week is Saturday, at position 7. For ...
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