day function
The day function returns the day value of the date.
Parameters
day(date)
Parameter | Description |
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date | The date, week, month, quarter, datetime attribute we want to use to cast the day. The date parameter is mandatory. |
Date type valid formats (if the values aren’t this format, the function will return an error).
2019/10/12;
12/10/2019;
2019-10-12;
12-10-2019;
2019/Oct/12;
12/Oct/2019;
2019-Oct-12;
12-Oct-2019.
Week type valid formats (if the values aren’t this format, the function will return an error).
2019/W41;
W41/2019;
2019-W41;
W41-2019.
Month type valid formats (if the values aren’t this format, the function will return an error).
1492/10;
10/1492;
1492-10;
10-1492;
1492/Oct;
1492-Oct;
Oct/1492;
Oct-1492.
Quarter type valid formats (if the values aren’t this format, the function will return an error).
2019/Q3;
Q3/2019;
2019-Q3;
Q3-2019.
Datetime type valid formats (if the values aren’t this format, the function will return an error).
2019/05/22 17:33:45
Example
The following example uses the Bike sales dataset.
Description | Screenshot |
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Suppose you don’t have already the Day attribute in this dataset and you want to extract only the day string from the Date attribute. Add a new attribute, called newday, and type the following formula:
and the attribute will be filled with the day value of the Date attribute. You can use the existing Day attribute to double check the results. |  |