WEEK

Syntax

WEEK(date[,mode])

Description

This function returns the week number for date. The two-argument form ofWEEK() allows you to specify whether the week starts on Sunday or Monday and whether the return value should be in the range from 0 to 53 or from 1 to 53. If the mode argument is omitted, the value of the default_week_format system variable is used.

Modes

Mode
1st day of week
Range
Week 1 is the 1st week with

0

Sunday

0-53

a Sunday in this year

1

Monday

0-53

more than 3 days this year

2

Sunday

1-53

a Sunday in this year

3

Monday

1-53

more than 3 days this year

4

Sunday

0-53

more than 3 days this year

5

Monday

0-53

a Monday in this year

6

Sunday

1-53

more than 3 days this year

7

Monday

1-53

a Monday in this year

With the mode value of 3, which means 'more than 3 days this year', weeks are numbered according to ISO 8601:1988.

Examples

SELECT WEEK('2008-02-20'); +--------------------+ | WEEK('2008-02-20') | +--------------------+ | 7 | +--------------------+  SELECT WEEK('2008-02-20',0); +----------------------+ | WEEK('2008-02-20',0) | +----------------------+ | 7 | +----------------------+  SELECT WEEK('2008-02-20',1); +----------------------+ | WEEK('2008-02-20',1) | +----------------------+ | 8 | +----------------------+  SELECT WEEK('2008-12-31',0); +----------------------+ | WEEK('2008-12-31',0) | +----------------------+ | 52 | +----------------------+  SELECT WEEK('2008-12-31',1); +----------------------+ | WEEK('2008-12-31',1) | +----------------------+ | 53 | +----------------------+   SELECT WEEK('2019-12-30',3); +----------------------+ | WEEK('2019-12-30',3) | +----------------------+ | 1 | +----------------------+
CREATE TABLE t1 (d DATETIME); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES  ("2007-01-30 21:31:07"),  ("1983-10-15 06:42:51"),  ("2011-04-21 12:34:56"),  ("2011-10-30 06:31:41"),  ("2011-01-30 14:03:25"),  ("2004-10-07 11:19:34");
SELECT d, WEEK(d,0), WEEK(d,1) from t1; +---------------------+-----------+-----------+ | d | WEEK(d,0) | WEEK(d,1) | +---------------------+-----------+-----------+ | 2007-01-30 21:31:07 | 4 | 5 | | 1983-10-15 06:42:51 | 41 | 41 | | 2011-04-21 12:34:56 | 16 | 16 | | 2011-10-30 06:31:41 | 44 | 43 | | 2011-01-30 14:03:25 | 5 | 4 | | 2004-10-07 11:19:34 | 40 | 41 | +---------------------+-----------+-----------+

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