Display Day Name Based on Date of Birth Records in MySQL

Use the DAYNAME() to display the day name from records with Date of Birth.

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable795 (
   DateOfBirth date
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable795 values('1996-01-21');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable795 values('2004-11-01');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable795 values('1990-03-31');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable795 values('2010-12-03');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable795;

This will produce the following output -

+-------------+
| DateOfBirth |
+-------------+
| 1996-01-21  |
| 2004-11-01  |
| 1990-03-31  |
| 2010-12-03  |
+-------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to display the day name on the basis of Date of Birth −

mysql> select dayname(DateOfBirth) from DemoTable795;

This will produce the following output -

+----------------------+
| dayname(DateOfBirth) |
+----------------------+
| Sunday               |
| Monday               |
| Saturday             |
| Friday               |
+----------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)