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

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)