with mysql its: WEEKDAY(date) Returns the weekday index for date (0 = Monday, 1 = Tuesday, ... 6 = Sunday):
mysql> SELECT WEEKDAY('1998-02-03 22:23:00'); -> 1 mysql> SELECT WEEKDAY('1997-11-05'); -> 2 http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Date_and_time_functions.html in php its: string date ( string format [, int timestamp]) and w - day of the week, numeric, i.e. "0" (Sunday) to "6" (Saturday) http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Not sure which you wanted since this is the php-db group :) Cheers Jason -----Original Message----- From: Rodrigo Corrêa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:58 AM To: PHP1 Subject: [PHP-DB] Help with date.... How can i find out the day of the week in one date?? like => 07/01/2002 the day of the week is " 3 " thurday like => 18/01/2002 the day of the week is " 6 " saturday is there a way to do that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Equipe Pratic Sistemas Rodrigo Corrêa Fone: (14) 441-1700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php