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NOW
This function returns the current date and time of the server. The date and time are given as base type dateTime, formatted as dd-mm-yyyy HH:mm:ss.
Syntax
NOW
Return type
- dateTime
The
NOW function returns a date- and timestamp. It is only recalculated when the expression in which you use the NOW function is reevaluated. This recalculation will not cause other expressions that use the NOW function to be reevaluated.
WEEKNUMBER
This function returns the week number within the year of a given date or dateTime value. The week number is returned as an integer in the range 1 - 53. Week 1 for a year is the earliest seven day period starting at Monday that contains at least 4 days from that year. This definition reflects the ISO 8601 Week dates definition.
For example, January 1, 2015 was a Thursday. Therefore week 1 of 2015 starts on December 29, 2014, and ends on January 4, 2015.
Syntax
WEEKNUMBER ( date | dateTime )
Inputs
- date or dateTime - The date or dateTime value of which the week number must be returned.
Return type
- integer
Examples
| Expression | Result | Type |
|---|---|---|
| WEEKNUMBER ( DATE ( 2015 , 01 , 01 ) ) | 1 | Integer |
| WEEKNUMBER ( DATETIME ( 2014 , 12 , 28 , 0 , 0 , 0 ) ) | 1 | Integer |
| WEEKNUMBER ( DATE ( 2015 , 12 , 28 ) ) | 53 | Integer |
| WEEKNUMBER ( DATE ( 2016 , 01 , 02 ) ) | 53 | Integer |
| WEEKNUMBER ( DATETIME ( 2016 , 01 , 04 , 0 , 0 , 0 ) ) | 1 | Integer |
DAYOFWEEK
This function returns the number of the day within the week of a given date or dateTime value, as follows:
- Sunday = 1
- Monday = 2
- Tuesday = 3
- Wednesday = 4
- Thursday = 5
- Friday = 6
- Saturday = 7
DAYOFWEEK ( date | dateTime )
Inputs
- date or dateTime - The date or dateTime value of which the week number must be returned.
- integer
Examples
| Expression | Result | Type |
|---|---|---|
| DAYOFWEEK ( DATE ( 2015 , 01 , 01 ) ) | 5 | Integer |
| DAYOFWEEK ( DATETIME ( 2015 , 12 , 28 , 0 , 0 , 0 ) ) | 2 | Integer |
| DAYOFWEEK ( DATE ( 2016 , 01 , 02 ) ) | 7 | Integer |
| DAYOFWEEK ( ? ) | UNKNOWN | Integer |
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