DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcs185_db; CREATE DATABASE mcs185_db; USE mcs185_db; SET default_storage_engine=Columnstore; CREATE TABLE t1 (a DATE, b DATETIME); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('0-0-0', '0-0-0 0:0:0'), ('1212-12-12', '1212-12-11 11:11:11'), ('3333-03-03', '3333-3-4 3:33:33'); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` date DEFAULT NULL, `b` datetime DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Columnstore DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT DAYNAME('1212-12-12 11:11:11'); DAYNAME('1212-12-12 11:11:11') Wednesday SELECT DAYNAME('2020-12-22'); DAYNAME('2020-12-22') Tuesday SELECT a, DAYNAME(a) FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; a DAYNAME(a) 0000-00-00 Sunday 1212-12-12 Wednesday 3333-03-03 Tuesday SELECT b, DAYNAME(b) FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; b DAYNAME(b) 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Sunday 1212-12-11 11:11:11 Tuesday 3333-03-04 03:33:33 Wednesday DROP DATABASE mcs185_db;