WEEK_FLOOR

Description

The WEEK_FLOOR function rounds down an input datetime value to the nearest specified week interval start time, with the interval unit being WEEK. If a starting reference point (origin) is specified, it uses that point as the basis for calculating intervals; otherwise, it defaults to using 0000-01-01 00:00:00 as the reference point.

Date calculation formula:

$$\text{WEEK\_FLOOR}(\langle\text{date\_or\_time\_expr}\rangle, \langle\text{period}\rangle, \langle\text{origin}\rangle) = \max\{\langle\text{origin}\rangle + k \times \langle\text{period}\rangle \times \text{WEEK} \mid k \in \mathbb{Z} \land \langle\text{origin}\rangle + k \times \langle\text{period}\rangle \times \text{WEEK} \leq \langle\text{date\_or\_time\_expr}\rangle\}$$

$k$ represents the number of periods from the reference time to the target time.

Syntax

WEEK_FLOOR(`<date_or_time_expr>`)
WEEK_FLOOR(`<date_or_time_expr>`, `<origin>`)
WEEK_FLOOR(`<date_or_time_expr>`, `<period>`)
WEEK_FLOOR(`<date_or_time_expr>`, `<period>`, `<origin>`)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<date_or_time_expr>	The datetime value to round down, supports date/datetime/timestamptz types. For specific formats please see timestamptz conversion, datetime conversion and date conversion
<period>	Week interval value, type INT, representing the number of weeks in each interval
<origin>	Starting point for the interval, supports date/datetime types; defaults to 0000-01-01 00:00:00

Return Value

Returns TIMESTAMPTZ, DATETIME or DATE type, representing the rounded-down datetime value. The time portion of the result will be set to 00:00:00.

• If <period> is a non-positive (≤0), the function returns an error;
• If any parameter is NULL, returns NULL;
• If <datetime> is exactly at an interval start point (based on <period> and <origin>), returns that start point;
• If input is date type, returns date type
• If input is datetime type, returns datetime type with the same time portion as the origin time.
• If the <origin> date and time is after the <period>, it will still be calculated according to the above formula, but the period k will be negative.
• If date_or_time_expr has a scale, the returned result will also have a scale with the fractional part being zero.
• If the input is TIMESTAMPTZ type, it will first be converted to local_time (for example: 2025-12-31 23:59:59+05:00 represents local_time 2026-01-01 02:59:59 when the session variable is +08:00), and then perform WEEK_FLOOR.
• If the input time values (<date_or_time_expr> and <period>) contain both TIMESTAMPTZ and DATETIME types, the output is DATETIME type.

Examples

-- 2023-07-13 is Thursday, default 1-week interval (starting Monday), rounds down to nearest Monday (2023-07-10)
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR(cast('2023-07-13 22:28:18' as datetime)) AS result;
+---------------------+
| result              |
+---------------------+
| 2023-07-10 00:00:00 |
+---------------------+

-- Specify 2-week interval, rounds down to nearest 2-week interval start
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR('2023-07-13 22:28:18', 2) AS result;
+---------------------+
| result              |
+---------------------+
| 2023-07-10 00:00:00 |
+---------------------+

-- input with decimal part
mysql> SELECT WEEK_FLOOR('2023-07-13 22:28:18.123', 2) AS result;
+-------------------------+
| result                  |
+-------------------------+
| 2023-07-10 00:00:00.000 |
+-------------------------+

-- Input date type, returns date type
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR(cast('2023-07-13' as date)) AS result;
+------------+
| result     |
+------------+
| 2023-07-10 |
+------------+

-- Only with origin date and specified date
select week_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18", "2021-05-01 12:00:00");
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| week_floor("2023-07-13 22:28:18", "2021-05-01 12:00:00") |
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 2023-07-08 12:00:00                                      |
+----------------------------------------------------------+

-- Specify origin='2023-07-03' (Monday), 1-week interval
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR('2023-07-13', 1, '2023-07-03') AS result;
+---------------------+
| result              |
+---------------------+
| 2023-07-10 00:00:00 |
+---------------------+

-- TimeStampTz sample, SET time_zone = '+08:00'
-- Convert to local_time (2026-01-01 02:59:59) and then perform WEEK_FLOOR
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR('2025-12-31 23:59:59+05:00');
+-----------------------------------------+
| WEEK_FLOOR('2025-12-31 23:59:59+05:00') |
+-----------------------------------------+
| 2025-12-29 00:00:00+08:00               |
+-----------------------------------------+

-- If the parameters include both TimeStampTz and Datetime types, output the DateTime type.
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR('2025-12-31 23:59:59+05:00', '2025-12-15 00:00:00.123');
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| WEEK_FLOOR('2025-12-31 23:59:59+05:00', '2025-12-15 00:00:00.123') |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2025-12-29 00:00:00.123                                            |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

-- Invalid period, returns error
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR('2023-07-13', 0) AS result;
RROR 1105 (HY000): errCode = 2, detailMessage = (10.16.10.3)[E-218]Operation week_floor of 2023-07-13 00:00:00, 0 out of range

-- Parameter is NULL
SELECT WEEK_FLOOR(NULL, 1) AS result;
+--------+
| result |
+--------+
| NULL   |
+--------+