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Understanding the DAYOFWEEK Function in MySQL

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You can easily find the day of the week for a given date in MySQL. The day starts with 1 (Sunday), 2 (Monday) and so on.

Command:

SELECT DAYOFWEEK('2018-02-20');

Expected output:

+-------------+|DAY OF WEEK  |+-------------+|          3  |+-------------+

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