DAY Function - SQL
Overview
The DAY function in SQL extracts the day part of a date. It is useful for retrieving the day of the month from a date expression.
Example:
SELECT
DAY('2024-01-01')
Syntax:
SELECT
DAY(date)
date
is the date from which you want to extract the day of the month.
Sample Data:
first_name | birthday |
---|---|
Frank | 1994-03-15 00:00:00 |
Jane | 1980-06-14 00:00:00 |
Ashley | 1975-12-05 00:00:00 |
Glenn | 1988-03-23 00:00:00 |
Kelly | 1979-10-11 00:00:00 |
Richard | 1985-08-30 00:00:00 |
George | 1992-02-18 00:00:00 |
Kyle | 1983-04-07 00:00:00 |
James | 1978-09-27 00:00:00 |
Gustavo | 1987-11-21 00:00:00 |
Example: Hard-coded value
In this example, we are returning the day for the date ‘2024-01-01,’ for a final output of 1.
Example: Query without the WHERE Statement
In this example, we are returning the day value for the rows in the birthday column.
Example: Query with the WHERE Statement
In this example, we are returning the day value for the rows in the birthday column where the first_name column equals ‘Kelly.