Function table / Dates / DATENAME

DATENAME: from Tableau to SQL

Returns a date-part name as text. Below, 8 sample rows go through the calculation and through the SQL, and both return the same numbers.

Calculated field

DATENAME('month',[shipped])

Sample data

shipmentshippedreceivedtextyearmonthdayhourminutesecondlatlonwkt
12024-12-292024-12-29T16:25:402024-12-2920252259254010106POINT (106 10)
22024-12-302024-12-30T16:25:402024-12-30202522610254010.1106.1POINT (106.1 10.1)
32025-01-012025-01-01T16:25:402025-01-01202522711254010.2106.2POINT (106.2 10.2)
42025-01-312025-01-31T16:25:402025-01-31202522812254010.3106.3POINT (106.3 10.3)
52025-02-282025-02-28T16:25:402025-02-28202522913254010.4106.4POINT (106.4 10.4)
62025-03-152025-03-15T16:25:402025-03-15202523014254010.5106.5POINT (106.5 10.5)
7nullnullnull202523115254010.6106.6POINT (106.6 10.6)
82024-02-292024-02-29T16:25:402024-02-29202523216254010.7106.7POINT (106.7 10.7)

The same calculation as SQL

SELECT strftime(shipped,'%B') AS result FROM input ORDER BY shipment

Runs the example above.

Result

shipmentshippedreceivedtextresult
12024-12-292024-12-29T16:25:402024-12-29December
22024-12-302024-12-30T16:25:402024-12-30December
32025-01-012025-01-01T16:25:402025-01-01January
42025-01-312025-01-31T16:25:402025-01-31January
52025-02-282025-02-28T16:25:402025-02-28February
62025-03-152025-03-15T16:25:402025-03-15March
7nullnullnullnull
82024-02-292024-02-29T16:25:402024-02-29February

Same rows from the calculation and from the SQL in DuckDB.

Where a naive translation goes wrong

  • ISO week names retain a leading zero for single-digit weeks.

    Naive SQL

    SELECT CAST(week(shipped) AS VARCHAR) AS result FROM input ORDER BY shipment
    shipmentshippedreceivedtextresult
    12024-12-292024-12-29T16:25:402024-12-2952
    22024-12-302024-12-30T16:25:402024-12-301
    32025-01-012025-01-01T16:25:402025-01-011
    42025-01-312025-01-31T16:25:402025-01-315
    52025-02-282025-02-28T16:25:402025-02-289
    62025-03-152025-03-15T16:25:402025-03-1511
    7nullnullnullnull
    82024-02-292024-02-29T16:25:402024-02-299

    Matches the calculation

    SELECT lpad(CAST(week(shipped) AS VARCHAR),2,'0') AS result FROM input ORDER BY shipment
    shipmentshippedreceivedtextresult
    12024-12-292024-12-29T16:25:402024-12-2952
    22024-12-302024-12-30T16:25:402024-12-3001
    32025-01-012025-01-01T16:25:402025-01-0101
    42025-01-312025-01-31T16:25:402025-01-3105
    52025-02-282025-02-28T16:25:402025-02-2809
    62025-03-152025-03-15T16:25:402025-03-1511
    7nullnullnullnull
    82024-02-292024-02-29T16:25:402024-02-2909

Signature

DATENAME(date_part, date, [start_of_week])