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Date & time functions

NEXT_DAY¶

Returns the date of the first specified day of week (DOW) that occurs after the input date.

See also:

LAST_DAY , PREVIOUS_DAY

Syntax¶

NEXT_DAY( <date_or_timetamp_expr> , <dow_string> )
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Arguments¶

date_or_timestamp_expr

A date or a timestamp, or an expression that can be evaluated to a date or a timestamp.

dow_string

Specifies the day of week used to calculate the date for the previous day. The value can be a string literal or an expression that returns a string. The string must start with the first two characters (case-insensitive) of the day name:

  • su (Sunday)

  • mo (Monday)

  • tu (Tuesday)

  • we (Wednesday)

  • th (Thursday)

  • fr (Friday)

  • sa (Saturday)

Any leading spaces and trailing characters, including spaces, in the string are ignored.

Returns¶

This function returns a value of type DATE, even if date_or_timetamp_expr is a timestamp.

Examples¶

Return the date of the next Friday that occurs after the current date:

SELECT CURRENT_DATE() AS "Today's Date",
       NEXT_DAY("Today's Date", 'Friday') AS "Next Friday";
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+--------------+-------------+
| Today's Date | Next Friday |
|--------------+-------------|
| 2025-05-06   | 2025-05-09  |
+--------------+-------------+

Your output will be different because the example uses the CURRENT_DATE function.

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