SQL Server Date Formats — ffffd

Question

How do I get the day of the week (in ffffd format, so Mon, Tue etc.) in SQL ? I don\'t see anything about it in the CAST and CONVERT documentation..

Answer 1

You could use the DATENAME method to extract the day and then use the SUBSTRING to only take the first 3 chars.

SELECT SUBSTRING(DATENAME(DW, '09/11/2009'), 1, 3)