DATENAME

Description

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

Sample Source Pattern

Syntax

SQL Server

DATENAME ( datepart , date )  

Snowflake SQL

This transformation uses several functions depending on the inputs

DATE_PART( <date_or_time_part> , <date_or_time_expr> )
MONTHNAME( <date_or_timestamp_expr> )
DAYNAME( <date_or_timestamp_expr> )

Examples

SQL Server

Code:

SELECT DATENAME(month, getdate()) AS DATE1,
DATENAME(day, getdate()) AS DATE2,
DATENAME(dw, GETDATE()) AS DATE3;

Result:

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

Snowflake SQL

Code:

SELECT MONTHNAME(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() :: TIMESTAMP) AS DATE1,
DAYNAME(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() :: TIMESTAMP) AS DATE2,
DAYNAME(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP() :: TIMESTAMP) AS DATE3;

Result:

DATE1|DATE2|DATE3 |
-----+-----+------+
May  |Tue  |Tue   |