Re: DOW is 0-based?

From: Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Igal (at) Lucee(dot)org" <igal(at)lucee(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DOW is 0-based?
Date: 2018-02-08 20:57:37
Message-ID: CA+FnnTwOSPyAK6vSopLFEhYx-gx0HgfP5UUNJ5+1RU9-FxYnyw@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Igal @ Lucee.org <igal(at)lucee(dot)org> wrote:
> Is there a rational reason why Day of the Week is 0-based, i.e. Sunday (0)
> to Saturday (6) instead of the more intuitive Sunday (1) to Saturday (7)?
>
> SELECT date_part('dow', current_date);
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-datetime.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determination_of_the_day_of_the_week

Thank you.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Igal Sapir
> Lucee Core Developer
> Lucee.org

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