How do I get the first day of the week of a date in mysql?

Question

Suppose I have 2011-01-03 and I want to get the first of the week, which is sunday, which is 2011-01-02, how do I go about doing that?

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Answer 1

If the week starts on Sunday do this:

DATE_ADD(mydate, INTERVAL(1-DAYOFWEEK(mydate)) DAY)

If the week starts on Monday do this:

DATE_ADD(mydate, INTERVAL(-WEEKDAY(mydate)) DAY);

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