SQL Server Date Formats — ffffd

Question

How do I get the day of the week (in ffffd format, so Mon, Tue etc.) in SQL ? I don\'t see anything about it in the CAST and CONVERT documentation..

Answer 1

For SQL Server 2012+:

SELECT FORMAT(GETUTCDATE(),'ffffd') AS ShortDayName

This is much cleaner than a substring solution. The FORMAT() function can also be passed a culture for locale-aware formatting.

Note that this works for other date parts, such as month:

SELECT FORMAT(GETUTCDATE(),'MMM') AS ShortMonthName

FORMAT() Reference