Order by day_of_week in MySQL

Question

How can I order the mysql result by varchar column that contains day of week name?

Note that MONDAY should goes first, not SUNDAY.

Answer 1

Found another way, your can reverse order bye week

ORDER BY date_format(date_name, '%w') DESC;

Answer 2

... ORDER BY date_format(order_date, '%w') = 0, date_format(order_date, '%w') ;

Answer 3

Found another way that works for me:

SELECT LAST_NAME, HIRE_DATE, TO_CHAR(HIRE_DATE, 'fmDAY') as 'Day' FROM EMPLOYEES
ORDER BY TO_CHAR(HIRE_DATE, 'd');    

Hope it helps

Answer 4

If you try this, it should work:

SELECT ename, TO_CHAR(hiredate, 'fmDay') as "Day" 
FROM my_table
ORDER BY MOD(TO_CHAR(hiredate, 'D') + 5, 7)