MySQL DAYOFMONTH() Function

The MySQL DAYOFMONTH() function returns the day portion of a given date or datetime value. It can be between 1 to 31.

The DAYOFMONTH() function is a synonym for the DAY() function.

Syntax

DAYOFMONTH(datetime)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns the day part of a given date or datetime value.

Example 1:

The example below shows the usage of DAYOFMONTH() function.

mysql> SELECT DAYOFMONTH('2018-08-18');
Result: 18

mysql> SELECT DAYOFMONTH('2018-08-18 10:38:42');
Result: 18

mysql> SELECT DAYOFMONTH('2018-08-18 10:38:42.000004');
Result: 18

mysql> SELECT DAYOFMONTH('2014-10-25');
Result: 25

mysql> SELECT DAYOFMONTH(CURDATE());
Result: 28

Example 2:

Consider a database table called Orders with the following records:

The statement given below can be used to get the day portion of records of column OrderTime:

SELECT *, DAYOFMONTH(OrderTime) AS DAYOFMONTH_Value FROM Orders;

This will produce the result as shown below: