DayOfWeekAsString

Description

Determines the day of the week, in a date, as a string function.

Returns

The day of the week, as a string in the current locale, that corresponds to day_of_week.

Category

Date and time functions, String functions

Function syntax

DayOfWeekAsString(day_of_week)

See also

Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth

History

ColdFusion MX 7: Changed behavior. The returned string is now in the language of the current locale.

Parameters

Parameter Description

day_of_week

Integer, in the range 1 (Sunday) - 7 (Saturday).

Example

The following example shows the use of the DayOfWeekAsString function. It is the action page for a form that submits year, month, and day fields.

<h3>DayOfWeekAsString Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.year")>
More information about your date:
<cfset yourDate = CreateDate(FORM.year, FORM.month, FORM.day)>

<cfoutput>
<p>Your date, #DateFormat(yourDate)#.
<br>It is #DayofWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(yourDate))#, day
    #DayOfWeek(yourDate)# in the week.
<br>This is day #Day(YourDate)# in the month of 
#MonthAsString(Month(yourDate))#, which has #DaysInMonth(yourDate)# days. <br>We are in week #Week(yourDate)# of #Year(YourDate)# (day #DayofYear(yourDate)#
of #DaysinYear(yourDate)#). <br><cfif IsLeapYear(Year(yourDate))>This is a leap year <cfelse>This is not a leap year</cfif> </cfoutput> </cfif>

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