DATENAME

Description

This function returns a character string representing the specified datepart of the specified date. (DATENAME in Transact-SQL).

Sample Source Pattern

Syntax

DATENAME ( datepart , date )  

Examples

Code:

IN -> SqlServer_01.sql
SELECT DATENAME(month, getdate()) AS DATE1,
DATENAME(day, getdate()) AS DATE2,
DATENAME(dw, GETDATE()) AS DATE3;

Result:

DATE1|DATE2|DATE3  |
-----+-----+-------+
May  |3    |Tuesday|

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