Getting Day from Date

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yaminids
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Getting Day from Date

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Hello there,

Can anyone explain to me to get Day from 'yyyy-mm-dd 00:00:00'
format.

Thanks in advance.
-Yamini
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Post by chulett »

Do you just want the 'dd' portion? Are you sure the format will always be as you've indicated? Then substring it out:

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DateField[9,2]
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Re: Getting Day from Date

Post by prabu »

yaminids wrote:Hello there,

Can anyone explain to me to get Day from 'yyyy-mm-dd 00:00:00'
format.

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DAYOFWEEK = oconv(iconv(EXTRACT_DATE_TO[7,4]:'-':EXTRACT_DATE_TO[4,2]:'-':EXTRACT_DATE_TO[1,2],"D-YMD[4,2,2]"),"DWA")
do you want something like "Monday", "Tuesday" etc. then try above. this for dd-mm-yyyy format
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