Hive date function to achieve day of week

Question

I\'m looking for a workaround or hive date functions that gives day of the week ,

Sunday - 1
Monday - 2
Tuesday - 3
Wednesday - 4
Thursday - 5
Friday - 6
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Answer 1

select pmod(datediff(your_date,'1900-01-07'),7) + 1 as WeekDay from your_table

• arbitrary start date picked (1900-01-07)
• calculates the mod 7 day of week (plus 1 to start at 1 instead of zero)