DayOfYear

Description

Returns the ordinal for the day of the year.

Category

Date and time functions

Syntax

DayOfYear(date) 

See also

Day, DayOfWeek, DayOfWeekAsString, DaysInMonth, DaysInYear, FirstDayOfMonth

Parameters

Parameter
Description
date
A date/time object

Usage

DayofYear accounts for leap years.

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

When passing a date/time value as a string, enclose it in quotes. Otherwise, it is interpreted as a number representation of a date/time object.


Note

You can pass the CreateDate function or Now function as the date parameter of DayOfYear: #DayOfYear(CreateDate(2001, 3, 3))#


Example

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

<body bgcolor = silver>
<H3>DayOfYear 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>
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