The function you're looking for is to_char(), and it has tons of options.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-formatting.html
Jeff
Lloyd Dieter wrote:
>I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but this is the novice list, so
>here goes:
>
>Is there a function to return the day-of-week for a given time/datestamp?
>
>What I'm looking for is something like:
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>select day(current_timestamp);
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>That would return the current day of the week (e.g. Monday/Tuesday...)
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>Thanks,
>
>-Lloyd
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