Oracle's table server offers a built-in function, TRUNC(timestamp,'DY'). This function converts any timestamp to midnight on the previous Sunday. What's the best way to do this in MySQL?
Oracle also offers TRUNC(timestamp,'MM') to convert a timestamp to midnight on the first day of the month in which it occurs. In MySQL, this one is straightforward:
TIMESTAMP(DATE_FORMAT(timestamp, '%Y-%m-01'))
But this DATE_FORMAT trick won't work for weeks. I'm aware of the WEEK(timestamp) function, but I really don't want week number within the year; this stuff is for multiyear work.
解决方案
Figured it out... it's a little cumbersome, but here it is.
FROM_DAYS(TO_DAYS(TIMESTAMP) -MOD(TO_DAYS(TIMESTAMP) -1, 7))
And, if your business rules say your weeks start on Mondays, change the -1 to -2.
Edit
Years have gone by and I've finally gotten around to writing this up.
http://www.plumislandmedia.net/mysql/sql-reporting-time-intervals/