MySQL WEEKDAY() Function

Return the weekday number for a date:

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

Definition and Usage

The WEEKDAY() function returns the weekday number for a given date.

Note: 0 = Monday, 1 = Tuesday, 2 = Wednesday, 3 = Thursday, 4 = Friday, 5 = Saturday, 6 = Sunday.

WEEKDAY( date)

Parameter	Description
date	Required. The date or datetime to extract the weekday number from

Works in:	From MySQL 4.0

Return the weekday number for a date:

SELECT WEEKDAY("2017-01-01");

Return the weekday number for the current system date:

SELECT WEEKDAY(CURDATE());