Re: Problem with Day of Week

Keith,

Try:
select to_char('now'::timestamp,'Dy');
to_char
---------
Mon
(1 row)

----------------------------------------------------------
DAY = full upper case day name (9 chars)
Day = full mixed case day name (9 chars)
day = full lower case day name (9 chars)
DY = abbreviated upper case day name (3 chars)
Dy = abbreviated mixed case day name (3 chars)
dy = abbreviated lower case day name (3 chars)
DDD = day of year (001-366)
DD = day of month (01-31)
D = day of week (1-7; SUN=1)
-------------------------------------------------------------
Taken from
http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/user/functions2972.htm

At 12:55 PM 1/29/01 -0500, Keith Perry wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I notice some talk about date problems and interestingly enough planning
>out an application in which I will need to be able to manipulate dates.
>I notice however that there seems to be a discrepancy with the day or
>week in 7.0.3
>
>---
>
>pmhcc=# select date_part('dow','now'::timestamp);
> date_part
>-----------
> 1
>(1 row)
>
>pmhcc=# select to_char('now'::timestamp,'D');
> to_char
>---------
> 2
>(1 row)
>
>pmhcc=# select version();
> version
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL 7.0.3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc egcs-2.91.66
>(1 row)
>
>pmhcc=# select now();
> now
>------------------------
> 2001-01-29 12:57:46-05
>(1 row)
>
>---
>
>Now as far as I know, Sunday is supposed to 1, so I would think that
>date_part is doing something funky unless I am mis-understanding
>something. I was hoping that someone might be able to shead some light
>on this. Thanks.
>
>Keith C. Perry
>VCSN, Inc.
>http://vcsn.com