How do I exclude Weekend days in a SQL Server query?

Question

How do I exclude values in a DateTime column that are Saturdays or Sundays?

For example, given the following data:

date_created
\'2009-1         


        

Answer 1

Try the DATENAME() function:

select [date_created]
from table
where DATENAME(WEEKDAY, [date_created]) <> 'Saturday'
  and DATENAME(WEEKDAY, [date_created]) <> 'Sunday'