MySQL WEEK() Function

Return the week number for a date:

SELECT WEEK("2017-06-15");

Definition and Usage

The WEEK() function returns the week number for a given date (a number from 0 to 53).

WEEK(date, firstdayofweek)

Parameter	Description
date	Required. The date or datetime to extract the week number form
firstdayofweek	Optional. Specifies what day the week starts on. Can be one of the following: 0 - First day of week is Sunday 1 - First day of week is Monday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days 2 - First day of week is Sunday 3 - First day of week is Monday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days 4 - First day of week is Sunday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days 5 - First day of week is Monday 6 - First day of week is Sunday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days 7 - First day of week is Monday

Parameter

Description

date

Required. The date or datetime to extract the week number form

firstdayofweek

Optional. Specifies what day the week starts on. Can be one of the following:

0 - First day of week is Sunday
1 - First day of week is Monday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days
2 - First day of week is Sunday
3 - First day of week is Monday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days
4 - First day of week is Sunday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days
5 - First day of week is Monday
6 - First day of week is Sunday and the first week of the year has more than 3 days
7 - First day of week is Monday

Works in:	From MySQL 4.0

Return the week number for a date:

SELECT WEEK("2017-10-25");

Return the week number for the current system date:

SELECT WEEK(CURDATE());