DayOfWeekAsString

Description

Returns the day of the week corresponding to day_of_week, an integer in the range 1 (Sunday) to 7 (Saturday).

Category

Date and time functions

Syntax

DayOfWeekAsString(day_of_week) 

See also

Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfYear, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth

Parameters

Parameter
Description
day_of_week
Integer that represents the day of the week, where 1 is Sunday, 2 is Monday, and so on

Usage

Year values 0 - 29 are interpreted as 21st century dates. Year values 30 - 99 are interpreted as 20th century dates.

Example

<!--- shows the value of the dayOfWeekAsString function --->
<html>
<head>
<title>DayOfWeekAsString Example</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor = silver>
<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>