Re: What day is it - when it isn't NOW()?

'2003-08-04' is ambiguous.  It could be a text string, a date, something
else.  So cast it.

SELECT to_char('2003-08-04'::date, 'Day');

> SELECT to_char(now(), 'Day');  returns Friday as I'd hoped.
> But how do I return the day of the week for a specific date other
> than now()?  I'm looking for something along the lines of:
> SELECT to_char('2003-08-04', 'Day') without much success.
>
> Can anyone point me to the right function/combination of functions
> to achieve this?
>
> Thanks!
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