Thread: DOW is 0-based?
Is there a rational reason why Day of the Week is 0-based, i.e. Sunday (0) to Saturday (6) instead of the more intuitive Sunday (1) to Saturday (7)?
SELECT date_part('dow', current_date);
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-datetime.html
Thanks,
Igal Sapir
Lucee Core Developer
Lucee.org
Hi, On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Igal @ Lucee.org <igal@lucee.org> wrote: > Is there a rational reason why Day of the Week is 0-based, i.e. Sunday (0) > to Saturday (6) instead of the more intuitive Sunday (1) to Saturday (7)? > > SELECT date_part('dow', current_date); > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-datetime.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determination_of_the_day_of_the_week Thank you. > > Thanks, > > Igal Sapir > Lucee Core Developer > Lucee.org
Igal @ Lucee.org schrieb am 08.02.2018 um 21:24: > Is there a rational reason why Day of the Week is 0-based, i.e. Sunday (0) to Saturday (6) instead of the more intuitiveSunday (1) to Saturday (7)? Actually, the more intuitive (in this part of the world) would be: Monday = 1, Sunday = 7 ;) Thomas